“Implementation is the new innovation.” –Doug Scott This GLR Learning Tuesdays session explored effective frameworks and stories of overcoming learning loss and promoting equity in education. Kelsey Young, Ph.D., of Curriculum Associates highlighted findings from...
“Advocates have two really important roles to play here. One is to push, one is to demand that equity be at the center of conversations about resource allocation and policy decisions….The other important rule is to provide cover, particularly for when we do have...
In this April 20, 2021 Learning Loss Recovery Challenge webinar moderated by Rhonda H. Lauer, President and CEO of Foundations, Inc., attendees heard Kylie Wheeler, Project Manager of Children’s Funding Project, and Terry K. Peterson, Senior Fellow of Furman...
"We wanted to provide students with an opportunity to support their continued learning." Eric Becoats, Ed.D., Superintendent of Schools at the William Penn School District, offered this reflection during the October 4, 2022 GLR Learning Tuesdays session as he talked...
“How do we take this moment that feels really hard, and say, 'What can we do better'? ... 'How does research and how [does the way] we’re mobilizing knowledge and disseminating knowledge [need to] change, so that if this happens again—and listen, whether it’s a snow...
With the child care cliff looming on September 30, 2023, and millions of children poised to lose access to child care, CGLR hosted a session on September 12, 2023. The dire state of child care and early childhood education (ECE) is not new. As a country, we have yet...
What is standing in our way? “In one word, inertia, resistance to change.” Kenneth B. Mason of the Georgia State Board of Education and the Southern Regional Education Board offered this perspective during this week’s GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, Stalled Learning...
“Our schools are community institutions first and foremost. One of the things we were really grateful for during the COVID era, because we were community institutions, because our teachers and leaders had deep ties to their communities and deep roots in their...
In this December 5, 2023 GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, panelists addressed a barrier that may be further hampering equitable learning recovery: a lack of sufficient public will and what often feels like kids just not being prioritized. Moderator John Gomperts of CGLR...
In this special GLR webinar, Dr. Jacqueline Jones of Foundation for Child Development moderated a conversation exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young children and strategies and resources that can help support children’s emotional well-being. Dr....
“Everybody has a role, one of the first things I think we need to do is to get parents and family and community on board and understanding this isn't going to go just go away. This is a serious problem we have here that will impact students’ outcomes and their lives...
I think that over the course of the past 15 to 20 years the concept of kindergarten as building the foundation for students has been lost, and kindergarten has evolved into programming to “fast track” students towards specific benchmarks… In so doing, programs are...
In this week’s GLR Learning Tuesdays Webinar, Smart ESSER Investments: Leveraging Edtech for Equitable Learning Acceleration, we launched our series of sessions that follow up on our recent exploration of state and district spending from the $190 billion Elementary...