The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is often referred to as “The Nation’s Report Card” because it is the one national report that gives us a broad look at how our kids are doing academically across the country. In recent months, state standards have...
This learning and engagement opportunity — moderated by Lillian M. Lowery, Ed.D., Vice President of Student and Teacher Assessments at Educational Testing Service, and Jeimee Estrada-Miller, CGLR Senior Fellow — continues our ongoing webinar series digging under the...
In May 11, 2021 GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, panelists shared the valuable and often unheralded work of “America’s best kept secret”: Family Resource Centers (FRCs). More than 3,000 community-based and school-based FRCs support families in urban and rural...
In this Big Bets Working session, the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (CGLR) hosted a conversation with practitioners working at the school, district, community and state levels to hear how they are partnering with families to overcome attendance barriers and make...
“It's our mission to be that platform and place for educators, elevate practices, and grow professionally as they support students preschool through age 5 in our state. We do this because we truly believe that when schools and communities are well prepared to deliver...
Imagine a philanthropic investment so powerful that it changes how children think — something that embeds the conviction, “I have a future. Education is for me, not for somebody else.” According to Patty Grant, Executive Director of the Community Foundation of Wabash...
During this webinar, we discussed how communities can use human-centered design to ensure that programs and services meet families’ needs and help them succeed. Sheetal Singh and Mansi Kakkar of Early Learning Lab (ELL) shared how ELL developed and piloted the Parent...
With the experiences of pandemic-precipitated school closures causing a growing number of schools to recognize and embrace the necessity of strong family engagement, this session engaged a panel of education funders in reflecting on their organizations’ evolving and...
This learning and engagement opportunity — moderated by Christine Patterson of the Walton Family Foundation — explored the findings from recent national parent polls designed to collect perspectives on schooling and what their children need to...
"Math is innately in us” With the above quote, Jermell Witherspoon of Zeno reminded participants of the math brilliance that lives within each and every child during the inaugural session of the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading’s Early Math + Early Literacy series...
In this November 21, 2023 GLR Learning Tuesdays session, co-sponsored by GLR strategic partner, Learning Heroes, we unpacked a new report called B-Flation: How Good Grades Can Sideline Parents produced by Learning Heroes with Gallup. The report breaks down brand new...
“People know that they need to engage families, that relationships are key, but they don’t always connect that to the incredibly important performance indicators we want for kids. That feels like a true opportunity moving forward, to really capitalize on the demand...
In this GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, we explored why parent power is so important for changing education systems and achieving equitable learning recovery for students. Expert panelists from national and local parent-facing organizations shared strategies to build...