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Investing in local leadership is fundamental to creating communities where every child has the resources they need to thrive, starting from birth. The Early Learning Nation (ELN) Collective is harnessing the power of local leaders and national partners to bring that...
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Moderated by Liletta Jenkins with the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education, this session explored the First 10 model in Maine, starting with how state leaders crafted their approach and including district and school leaders in Sanford, Maine, who talked...
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...
Nov 14, 2024 | Past Event
Moderated by Melissa Castillo, Ed.D., with the U.S. Department of Education, this conversation highlighted two communities — Conestoga Valley, Pennsylvania, and Woonsocket, Rhode Island — and explored the ways that they’re implementing the First 10 Framework in their...
Sep 26, 2024 | Past Event
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...
Sep 2, 2024 | Past Event
This learning and engagement opportunity was the second of three sessions that follow-on to a spring GLR Learning Tuesdays event co-sponsored with Education Week and co-hosted with the Rollins Center for Language and Literacy, The Fall K–3 Classroom: What the Data...
Jul 18, 2024 | Past Event
https://leo.gradelevelreading.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1.30.24-Bilingual-K-Slides-1.pdf“We do this work because we believe in the cultural, linguistic, intellectual brilliance of our country’s diverse children, and we deeply understand that our schools were not...
Jun 20, 2024 | Past Event
“If we don't increase access to rich books that speak to children in a way that really honors their own identity, their community, but also expand the minds of even children who are already represented in the literature. If we don't do that, then we're actually not...
May 30, 2024 | Funder-to-Funder Conversation, Past Event, Readiness
“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...
May 22, 2024 | Past Event, Upcoming Event
In this Kindergarten Matters session, Paula Grubbs, Ph.D., from the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, UNC Chapel Hill served as moderator, leading panelists through the conversation while sharing insights from her work as lead of the Kindergarten Sturdy...
May 18, 2024 | Past Event
The early research on the use of generative AI tools...suggests that those children who are underperforming the most are gaining the most from access to this technology.– Isabelle Hau, Stanford Accelerator for Learning, Stanford University Isabelle Hau of Stanford...
Apr 15, 2024 | Past Event
This conversation, part of CGLR’s Kindergarten Matters webinar series, focused on actionable supports that could be provided to families as they prepare for their children to begin the kindergarten year. Chrisanne Gayl of Trust for Learning moderated the conversation...
Mar 22, 2024 | Past Event
Moderated by Carly Roberts with Overdeck Family Foundation, this session explored the importance of social emotional learning (SEL) and executive function skills for kindergartners, as well as the long-term impact of implementing these programs. The conversation began...
