Co-hosted by Educare Learning Network, this October 6, 2020 Learning Loss Recovery Challenge webinar delved into the role early childhood educators are playing to create alignment and a stronger bridge between the early years and the early grades and to help educators...
On Wednesday, July 15, 2020, during GLR Week 2020 “fishbowl” discussion, United Way leaders in Delaware, Texas and Utah engaged in a lively dialogue around leveraging 211 as a resource for children and families in their specific communities and states, and the...
During this webinar, one of a new series focused on the Learning Loss Recovery Challenge, leaders from PBS, PBS KIDS Digital and three local PBS stations discussed how public media is making at-home learning accessible to families without the need for broadband by...
Alarming increases in chronic absence across the nation, particularly in kindergarten, reveal the urgent need to re-establish routines of daily attendance among our youngest learners. Students chronically absent in preschool and kindergarten are more likely to be...
“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...
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...
“How do we get all these wonderful practices that you're hearing about into the length of day that we have in kindergarten?” Nell K. Duke, Ed.D., of Stand for Children asked this amidst the rich conversation during this GLR Learning Tuesdays session that was a part...
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....
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...
“I think of philanthropy’s unique role as the ‘shifter’ — how we shift the conversation, the policy and research conversations from ‘here’s how the system is broken’ to actually defining what we want in the ideal future in a very tangible way….I think philanthropy can...
This GLR Learning Tuesdays Partner webinar gave attendees an opportunity to learn about Mississippi’s early learning efforts and gains in reading proficiency. Moderated by Micayla Tatum from Mississippi First, this session featured a conversation with Jill Dent,...
“Research also shows that Black, Latino, native students and students from low-income backgrounds are more likely to be retained, and these students are less likely to have consistent access to learning resources and opportunities. We have studies that show that...
“One of the biggest things we have tended to do is focus a lot on the parents because they're the ones that bring the kids to the school. So [we’re]…picking up on that part…not only celebrating the kids, but also celebrating the parents. – Sandra Romero, Children’s...