In this session, Lorelle Atkinson of The Aspen Institute described the Institute as an organization that ignites human potential to build understanding and create new possibilities for a better world by driving change through dialogue, leadership, and action. She...
“The problems caused by a lack of a coherent immigration policy are now being compounded by a flood of executive orders that will fail to replace such a policy. Instead, indiscriminate mass detention and deportation is separating children, parents, and other family...
“We need reform and resources. I mean, that's been the recipe forever. So I just think we have to be honest that if we fail at reform, we invite revolution.” — Michael J. Petrilli, Thomas B. Fordham Institute In our first session of the year, on January 7, we...
Sustainable reforms to early learning and the early grades rely on school leadership. This webinar will revisit an earlier session on why elementary principals matter and what skills and knowledge effective principals have. While a range of P-3 leadership programs for...
The recent GLR Learning Tuesdays session examined the evolving role of the federal government in education, focusing on the children and families who may be affected by proposed policy changes. The discussion featured Amalia Chamorro of UnidosUS, Bob Cunningham...
The Institute of Education Sciences (IES), the independent research arm of the U.S. Department of Education, has been vaulted into the news cycle with the announcement that the Trump administration has canceled more than $800 million of its contracts. These reports...
This important session was part of CGLR’s ongoing series exploring the persistent challenges and the hoped for future of child care that began in fall 2024. Many of you joined those sessions with Dan Wuori, author of The Daycare Myth, along with other experts,...
In this learning experience, we engaged with Olympic gold medalists and other leaders who are successfully creating opportunities for students to engage in sports-based SEL (social-emotional learning) programs and dispelling some of the discomfort and concern that...
This conversation brought together a panel of experienced education leaders who shared insights on how effective P-3 leadership supports high-quality early learning, fosters community partnerships and promotes equitable, developmentally appropriate practices that...
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...
Implementing these programs and getting the work done is not always easy. But the more we can help each other out and lift [each other] up, the better. Lisa Guernsey of New America shared the above quote as she moderated the session, engaging a panel of experts from...
“We all like accountability in theory. And then when we start getting real about what it means, nobody really likes it because it's about tough love.”– Michael Petrelli, Thomas B. Fordham Institute This inagural GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar for 2025, brought...
An earlier session in October, initiated our focus on Dan Wuori's new book, The Daycare Myth: What We Get Wrong About Early Care and Education (and What We Should Do About It). That discussion sparked so much energy and interest in what we can do — that is, how to...
