“Families trust educators often more than educators trust families. So we need to create the conditions for educators to challenge their mindsets, to actually learn what it means to effectively engage families. One of the things we often say here...
The LEO Funder-to-Funder Conversation
The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading hosts 70+ webinars each year, exploring critical topics from a wide range of perspectives. We use our blog post to explore themes that are emerging across sessions and lift up key takeaways. Join us!
Investing in the Early Educator Workforce
During this July 28, 2020 Funder to Funder Conversation, Jacqueline Jones, Ph.D., President of the Foundation for Child Development, and Jessie Rasmussen, President of the Buffett Early Childhood Fund, described the membership, guiding principles and initiatives of...
Global and National and Still Local: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Washington State
This October 20, 2020 webinar, a part of the CGLR Funder to Funder Conversations series, explored how Seattle-based funders are collaborating in support of the Road Map Project, a collective-impact effort advancing more equitable systems and policies to ensure...
Phoebe & Jay: Coming Soon! A “Last Mile” Outreach and Opportunity
“Bill Isler [a longtime colleague and friend of Mister Rogers and former head of Fred Rogers Productions] said that, through television, we have the choice of encouraging others to demean this life or to cherish it in creative and imaginative ways. We see Genie [Deez]...
Meeting the Moment? Philanthropic Support for Child Advocacy Organizations and Networks
Co-Sponsored by Exponent Philanthropy“It’s been great to see the flexibility, how organizations have reflected on their ability to rise to the moment, give out more funding, and/or be mindful of how they can use not just their financial assets but their collective...
Still Ready To Learn: Philanthropic Support for High-Quality Children’s Media
I can’t help but think about…a statue of Fred Rogers that stands as a constant reminder to Pittsburgh but also to America to, as [Rogers] said, ‘Think of the kids first.’ That’s what those of us here need to do. That’s what we need to ask of ourselves and of our...
Timely Support for Immigrant Families & Children: Philanthropy Striving to Meet the Moment
“So what does it look like for philanthropy, which has so much privilege, to be able to stand in solidarity with movement partners, with communities? Funders wait for a rainy day — and it’s pouring out right now. Now is the time to be contributing and funding support...
Counting on Philanthropy: How National & Local Funders Are Collaborating to Advance Early Math
This Funder-to-Funder session was a continuation of a series of conversations focused on early math that began in 2020. This session explored how funders are working creatively and with growing impact to ensure that more children get a stronger start in this critical...
Harnessing the Power of Communities to Help Children: The Early Learning Nation Collective
“Through this work over the decades, we have seen the value of community leadership because place is such a critical factor in kids’ life trajectories. If you look at the research on economic mobility and education attainment, it's down to the ZIP code level because...
Power of Philanthropy: Supporting Children’s Advocacy Through Strategic Framing
Baked into our mission is that this work is generational. When it comes to supporting long-term mind shifts, we know it will take more than a grant cycle. So, we approach this work not just in terms of ‘policy wins’ or trying to shift a narrative in two years. It is...
Maximizing Impact: The Critical Role of Philanthropy in High-Impact Tutoring
“The research shows that tutoring remains the most effective academic intervention, outperforming class size, summer school and extended school years. And [Accelerate] continues to build a research agenda that adds to that evidence and also continues to try to answer...
Utilizing Learning Science to Reach Every Reader
In this May 18, 2021 Funder-to-Funder session, Jessica Tsang, Ph.D., explained how Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s (CZI) investments seek to support the whole child through a lens of racial equity using practices based in the science of learning and development. Reach...
Building Brighter Futures: National Funders Share Insights on Place-Based Strategies
“This conversation is really about improving outcomes for kids and families. That’s the main thing that we’re focused on in closing gaps in grade-level reading. So, the focus has to be on identifying the bevy of resources that are necessary for that and the resources...