The June 3, 2025 GLR Learning Tuesday’s webinar, The Foundation of EdTech Is Connection: Ensuring Universal Access to the Internet, gathered leading voices from policy, philanthropy, education, and community development to explore the enduring relevance of digital...
This rebroadcast begins with comments from Amina Fazlullah of Common Sense providing updates on the current state of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). Since the program lapsed in May 2024, many Internet Service Providers (ISP) have stepped up to help fill...
Common Sense MediaAcross the country, states are making critical decisions about how to leverage $80 billion in federal broadband infrastructure funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the American Rescue Plan (ARP). With the right planning,...
Moderated by Ipek Bakir of the Overdeck Family Foundation, this conversation featured four leaders in the tech-enabled curricula and solutions space, Michelle Brown of CommonLit, Neena Hendershott of Zearn, Claudia Miner of Waterford UPSTART and Karin Wu of MIND...
This learning conversation centered on how to ensure that we leverage the power of educational technology to accelerate learning — particularly now, as millions of students have fallen behind due to lost instruction time as a result of school closures during the...
During this webinar, part of our Learning Loss Recovery Challenge series, Griselda Young-Ojeda, Professional Learning Consultant with Imagine Learning, moderated a discussion of school district leaders and their partnering executives of edtech companies,...
In this webinar, the fifth in a series on digital equity, Dr. Vikki Katz of Rutgers University moderated a conversation around the role of the federal government in helping to close the digital divide. Dr. Katz engaged three expert panelists and three thoughtful...
During this webinar, part of our Learning Loss Recovery series, Lisa Roy, Director of Program Development with the Buffett Early Childhood Institute, moderated a discussion of leading superintendents who are innovating "high-tech and high-touch" approaches to ensure...
This webinar, a part of the Funder to Funder Conversations series, continued the exploration of the challenges posed by widespread digital inequities in a time when approximately half of students are expected to learn remotely for at least a portion of the fall....
“We are gratified by the absence of fatigue and the willingness and encouragement of communities to stay the course during the pandemic. As the pandemic appears in the rearview mirror, we are inspired by the resolve, resilience and the commitment of these communities...
“We absolutely do not believe that AI will replace teachers. They can never be replaced. Machines will not love students. Teachers love students.” Eirene Chen of Khan Academy offered this insight during the GLR Week session, AI-Enhanced Efficacy: Assisting the Adults...
In this GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, Technology-Assisted Teaching and Learning: Continuing the Conversation, we revisited a session from early 2021 when school district leaders discussed how they were using specific education technology (EdTech) tools to sustain and...
This Crucible of Practice Salon features leaders from the Grinnell Education Partnership (GEP) and their digital equity project. This webinar explored how and why GEP, the GLR community in Grinnell, Iowa, addressed the challenge of digital connectivity.