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...
For more than a decade the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (CGLR) has been working to disrupt the generational cycle of poverty by improving the prospects for early school success — and more recently by accelerating equitable academic recovery — for children in...
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...
This partner webinar, moderated by Ellen Galinsky with Families and Work Institute, provided a powerful look into the disconnect between early care and education in the United States as reflected in Dan Wuori’s new book. Wuori, author of The Daycare Myth and founder...
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...
In the September 24, 2024 GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, CGLR was thrilled to have the rare opportunity to convene and hear from a panel of Chief State School Officers about the decision- and policymakers about the interventions and strategies in which they invested...
The documentary Sentenced explores the devastating impact of illiteracy on children and families across the United States and sheds light on how illiteracy, especially when compounded by generational poverty, can trap individuals in cycles of hardship from a young...
“[CGLR’s] focus on solutions is very much the intent behind an initiative I’ve been working on this past year as chair of the National Governors Association called Disagree Better. Disagree Better aims to help people work through their differences without all the...
During this webinar, John Gomperts with the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading moderated a conversation exploring the lessons of a recent historic $2 billion settlement in California on behalf of students who did not receive an equitable education during remote learning...
During the inaugural session of our Funder-to-Funder Conversation series, Janet Froetscher, President of the J.B. and M.K. Pritzker Family Foundation, shared highlights from the growing body of science pointing to the impact of the prenatal-to-age-3 time period on a...
In this Funder-to-Funder Conversation, Heather Flaherty of Chuckanut Health Foundation in Bellingham/Whatcom County, Washington, shared the above reflection during a panel conversation that explored the various roles funders can play to generate additional public...
“This is an incredible moment for local advocates ― whether you're in the digital inclusion space or anything else that rides on top of digital inclusion, issues like immigration, housing, education and health care.” Amina Fazlullah of Common Sense offered the above...
In this May 3, 2022 GLR Learning Tuesdays session, Amina Fazlullah, Senior Director of Equity Policy at Common Sense, opened the conversation with a description of the historical inequities in internet connectivity and access to devices for students in the United...