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Reframing the Conversation Around Family Engagement
Fifty years of research tells us that engaging families is central to our efforts in improving outcomes for children. Yet we see too little appetite for putting this research into […]
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Aligning Science, Practice and Policy to Advance Health Equity
This September 24, 2019 Science Matters webinar, co-sponsored by the Bezos Family Foundation, featured a report from the National Academies of Sciences, Enginerring, and Medicine (NASEM): Communities in Action: Pathways to […]
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Lifting Up School Success Across the Public and Affordable Housing Sector
This October 1, 2019 CGLR Housing Partner session highlighted the diverse ways in which national public and nonprofit affordable housing intermediaries and associations, and their members and affiliates, link and […]
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Supporting Children in Their First 10 Years Through School and Community Partnerships
In this October 8, 2019 Emerging Models session, David Jacobson, Ph.D., of Education Development Center delivered a presentation on the First 10 model, sharing information that he uncovered in his […]
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The Essential Ingredients in Building Productive Parent/Teacher Partnerships
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM9FuFEbzgM Our first PPTP webinar — The Essential Ingredients in Building Productive Parent/Teacher Partnerships — was moderated by CGLR Chief Learning Officer Yolie Flores and headlined by Dr. Karen Mapp, Senior Lecturer […]
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The Promise of Peer Learning Networks to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism
In this October 22, 2019 GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, Hedy Chang, the executive director of Attendance Works, reminded attendees of the negative effects of chronic absenteeism on student achievement, stressing how […]
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WE COUNT!: Preventing an Undercount of Young Children in the 2020 Census
This October 29, 2019 GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, was hosted in partnership with Sesame Workshop and Partnership for America’s Children. With 2 million young children missed or miscounted in the […]
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Building Towards Scale: The Promise of Virtual Home Visiting
Hosted on November 5 and November 12, 2019, Building Towards Scale: The Promise of Virtual Home Visiting, was a 2-part series of GLR Learning Tuesdays Emerging Models sessions.On November 5, […]
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Prioritizing Parent/Teacher Relationships: Lessons From 50 Years of Research and Practice
This November 19, 2019 GLR Learning Tuesday webinar -- the second in the Productive Parent/Teacher Partnerships series co-sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation of New Year -- provided a deep dive […]
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Reach Out and Read: The Next Chapter
In this December 3, 2019 GLR Learning Tuesdays Partner webinar Brian Gallagher, CEO of Reach Out and Read, provides an overview of the launch of Reach Out and Read the Next […]
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Cornerstone for Early School Success: Head Start From 2Gen to AI
Because of its comprehensive, whole-child, whole-family approach, its commitment to meeting high performance standards, and its vast scale that extends into communities across the country, Head Start represents a vital […]
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Making Hopes & Dreams the Center of the Parent/Teacher Relationship
Gina Martinez-Keddy of the national nonprofit organization Parent-Teacher Home Visits (PTHV) shared the history of PTHV and presented PTHV’s Five Non-Negotiable Core Practices: visits are voluntary for all; educators are […]
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Early Head Start: What Can We Learn to Make a Difference for Children and Families?
For more than 25 years, Early Head Start has worked to provide an enriched experience for young children during the critical early years of life when brain development occurs at […]
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Spreading The Basics™ In Order to Close the Achievement Gap
During the webinar, we learned about The Basics principles and how a growing number of cities and counties across the country are saturating their communities with these five easy but […]
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Co-designing Solutions with Families: The Early Learning Lab’s Parent Innovation Institute
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 […]
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What Does It Take to Be an Early Learning Community?
During this webinar, we learned about a powerful new set of free online tools that communities can employ to ensure that families with young children have all the opportunities and […]
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The Science Supporting Dual Language Learners
Co-Sponsored byWith presentations by Dr. Patricia Kuhl, Dr. Sarah Lytle and Dr. Linda Espinosa, we explored the science of language development — how babies and toddlers have the capacity to […]
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Investing in Parents as a “Big Bet”
During this webinar, we learned how “big bet” philanthropy is changing the ways that social entrepreneurs, nonprofit organizations, donors and advisors are working to have an impact on major social […]
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Moving From “Trauma Informed” to “Asset Informed” Care
During this webinar, Ellen Galinsky of the Bezos Family Foundation and Dr. Robert Sege of the Center for Community-Engaged Medicine at Tufts University delivered powerful presentations stressing the potential of […]
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Centering Parent-Teacher Partnerships on Student Learning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvLhIWZIGn0 During this webinar, Roberto Rodríguez of Teach Plus moderated a conversation with Maria Paredes and Meaghan Wells as they described innovative new approaches to increasing family engagement in children’s […]
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Creating the Conditions for Family Child Care to Thrive
During this webinar, Mackenzie Swirbul of Robin Hood, Jessica Sager and Natalie Vieira of All Our Kin (AOK) and Jerletha McDonald of Arlington DFW Child Care Professionals discussed the opportunities […]
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The Promise of Tutoring
In this Learning Tuesdays webinar, Mike English of Turn the Page KC moderated a conversation with leaders from two evidence-based tutoring programs and two local leaders who are engaging tutors […]
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Bridging the Gap Between Science and Practice: Vroom, Mind in the Making and Wide Open School
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb3HeOpfp-E During this webinar, leaders from the Bezos Family Foundation — Ellen Galinsky, Erin Ramsey and Dan Torres — shared how they are leveraging Vroom and Mind in the Making […]
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Helping Families Succeed in Challenging Times: Philanthropy’s Response to COVID-19
In this April 7, 2020 GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, philanthropic leaders from across the country came together to share what they are observing, learning and doing in support of children […]
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Making Sense of COVID-19 Federal Stimulus Bills Supporting Children and Families
In this special webinar, CGLR’s former Chief Learning Officer Yolie Flores moderated a conversation with John B. King Jr. and Denise Forte of The Education Trust; Dr. Ruth Friedman, child […]
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Using Behavioral Science to Help Families Help Kids
In this webinar, Helen Westmoreland of the National PTA moderated a conversation with Todd Rogers of Harvard Kennedy School and Hedy Chang of Attendance Works as they discussed how behavior […]
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Promoting Statewide Family Engagement Frameworks: State Consortium on Family Engagement
In this April 28, 2020 webinar, part of CGLR's Productive Parent-Teacher Partnerships series, Yolie Flores, CGLR's Chief Learning Officer, moderated a conversation that explored the efforts of teams in 18 […]
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Following the Science Upstream: EarlyBird App Identifies Children with Reading Challenges
During this May 5, 2020 Emerging Models webinar, Michelle Knapik of the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation moderated a conversation about the EarlyBird screening app and how it leverages neuroscience to […]
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United Way Worldwide Brings Noggin to GLR Communities ― A Special Opportunity
During this May 19, 2020 GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, Alicia Lara of United Way Worldwide joined Michael Levine and Julia Levy of Noggin to announce a special opportunity for GLR […]
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Early Childhood Innovation for Impact in a Crisis: A Show+Tell Pop Up with Promise
During this May 12, 2020 webinar hosted in partnership with Promise Venture Studio, Kai-leé Berke of Promise Venture Studio moderated a conversation with leaders in the early childhood field who […]
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The Science of Reading, Part 2: Applying the Science in the Classroom
In this May 19, 2020 GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, Munro Richardson, Ph.D., of Read Charlotte returned to moderate a second conversation exploring the science of how children learn to read, […]
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Protecting the Building Blocks of Early Learning: An Urgent Priority
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 […]
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Underconnected yet Eager to Learn: Confronting Digital Inequities
In this May 26, 2020 GLR Learning Tuesdays Learning Loss Recovery Challenge webinar, Lisa Guernsey of New America moderated a rich conversation to help attendees understand the scope, extent and […]
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The Science of Learning Loss and Opportunities for Recovery
During this webinar, one of a seven-part series focused on the Learning Loss Recovery Challenge, the panelists explored analysis that forecasts the potential impact of the COVID-19 closures and discussed […]
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Supporting Parents at Home ― An Essential Step to Mitigating Learning Loss
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOauO1XVLQI During this webinar, one of a seven-part series focused on the Learning Loss Recovery Challenge, Johanna Edens Anderson of the Belk Foundation moderated a conversation exploring a range of programs […]
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Flattening the Curve on Learning Loss: State Considerations and Strategies
During this June 23, 2020 webinar, one of a new series focused on the Learning Loss Recovery Challenge, Barbara O’Brien of the Denver Public Schools Board of Education moderated a conversation […]
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How Public Media Is Helping Parents Overcome the Digital Divide
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 […]
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Bridging the Early Years and Early Grades to Reduce Learning Loss
During this webinar, one of a series focused on the Learning Loss Recovery Challenge, a panel of district leaders and their partners introduced three innovative approaches that are strengthening connections […]
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When Schools Close: Harnessing the Power of Summer for Early School Success
During this webinar, in honor of National Summer Learning Week, leaders from GLR’s longtime partner, the National Summer Learning Association (NSLA), along with leaders from three award-winning summer learning programs […]
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Supporting Children and Families in the First Three Years
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 […]
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Mississippi’s Plan for Maintaining Momentum: Conversation with Carey Wright
In this special GLR Week 2020 webinar, we were honored to have the 65th Governor of Mississippi, Tate Reeves, offer opening remarks and introduce our keynote speaker, Dr. Carey Wright. […]
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Reaching and Supporting Parents Through 211
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 […]
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Measuring & Addressing Learning Loss With Innovative Diagnostic Tools: California & South Carolina Respond
In this Friday, July 17, 2020, GLR Week 2020 session, Hedy Chang, Executive Director and President of Attendance Works,moderated a conversation with leaders from Education Analytics and two states that […]
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Family and Community Math: An Essential Part of an Early Learning Strategy
This Funder-to-Funder Conversation began with reflections from Liz Simons, Board Chair of the Heising-Simons Foundation, who explained her personal commitment to helping math flourish in early childhood settings. Simons shared […]
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Meeting Families Where They Are: Leveraging Spaces to Advance Early Learning and Literacy
During this engaging discussion, CGLR highlighted in research and practice how everyday spaces ― laundromats, playgrounds, supermarkets, libraries, hospital waiting rooms and others ― can transform into literacy-rich environments with […]
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Investing in the Early Educator Workforce
During this July 28, 2020 Funder to Funder Conversation, Jacqueline Jones, Ph.D., President of the Foundation for Child Development, and Jessie Rasmussen, President of the Buffett Early Childhood Fund, described […]
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Relationships Matter: Partnering with Families to Support Early Relational Health
Early relational health has emerged in recent years as a critical concept across systems for supporting families in the earliest years of a child’s life. Our panelists explored the model […]
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Connecting the Digital Deserts: Some Promising Early Solutions
This August 4, 2020 Learning Loss Recovery Challenge webinar built on a May 26, 2020 session that had examined the scope, extent and dimensions of digital inequity in the United […]
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Leveraging the Power of Data and Relationships: Reducing Chronic Absence in Rural Settings
During this webinar, Hedy Chang of Attendance Works moderated a conversation with local leaders, representing five rural areas in Maine, Mississippi, and Oregon, as they shared how they have worked […]
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Elevating Parent Voices on Learning Loss
In this August 25, 2020 Learning Loss Recovery Challenge webinar, Adrian Pedroza of Abriendo Puertas/Opening Doors moderated a conversation with parent leaders from three communities across three states who are mobilizing […]
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How States Can Close the Distance Learning Digital Divide: A Look at Three State Models
In this third webinar focused on digital equity, Dr. Laurey Stryker, consultant at The Patterson Foundation, moderated a conversation with Amina Fazlullah, General Counsel at Common Sense Media (CSM) and Jack Lynch, Director […]
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Prioritizing Learning Amidst COVID: Essential Guidance for Schools and Parents
In this webinar, co-moderated by Ambika Kapur of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and Yolie Flores of the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, we introduced the GLR Network to the important work of Student […]
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Using PBS KIDS Media to Unlock Early Science Learning With “Elinor Wonders Why”
This webinar was moderated by Pam Johnson Ph.D., of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and featured a new animated series by PBS KIDS, Elinor Wonders Why. Developed as part of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting-Public Broadcasting […]
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Ask the Teacher(s): What Could Success Look Like?
In this webinar, Roberto Rodríguez of Teach Plus moderated a conversation with teachers and teacher leaders, lifting their voices on the impact of the pandemic and their insights and aspirations for what […]
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Scaling Virtual Home Visiting: Lessons & Insights
During this September 22, 2020 Emerging Models webinar, Constance Gully, president and CEO of Parents as Teachers National Center (PAT), set the context for the discussion by sharing background on […]
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Philanthropy Stepping Up to Ensure Access to Online Learning: An Opportunity to Address Learning Loss
This webinar, a part of the Funder to Funder Conversations series, continued the exploration of the challenges posed by widespread digital inequities in a time when approximately half of students are expected […]
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Promising High-Tech/High-Touch Solutions for Back to School
During this webinar, part of our Learning Loss Recovery series, Lisa Roy, Director of Program Development with the Buffett Early Childhood Institute, moderated a discussion of leading superintendents who are innovating "high-tech and […]
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How Early Childhood Educators Build Bridges With K-3 Teachers and Parents
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 […]
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Scaling Solutions for the Childcare Crisis: Technology and Shared Services
In this October 13, 2020 webinar, speakers outlined the case for technology and shared services as a promising set of solutions to our nation's childcare crisis. Moderator Chelsea Sprayregen, Entrepreneur […]
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Telenovela as Teacher: Innovations With Univision, Too Small to Fail and Literacy Partners
During this October 13, 2020 webinar, part of our Learning Loss Recovery Challenge series, Patti Miller, CEO of Too Small to Fail at The Clinton Foundation, moderated a discussion with colleagues who are leading an […]
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Global and National and Still Local: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Washington State
This October 20, 2020 webinar, a part of the CGLR Funder to Funder Conversations series, explored how Seattle-based funders are collaborating in support of the Road Map Project, a collective-impact effort advancing […]
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Show+Tell 3: Transforming Well-being through Social & Emotional Development
During this October 20, 2020 Emerging Models webinar, CGLR partnered with Promise Venture Studio to spotlight 14 phenomenal early childhood experts including: Mia Doces of Committee for Children Craig Bailey, […]
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The Power of Collective Impact: The Read by 4th Story (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
https://youtu.be/ySJ__B0NWBA?t=260 In this inaugural Crucible of Practice Salon, we first heard from Jenny Bogoni, Executive Director of Read by 4th, the GLR community in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She began by giving […]
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The Federal Role in Advancing Digital Equity
In this webinar, the fifth in a series on digital equity, Dr. Vikki Katz of Rutgers University moderated a conversation around the role of the federal government in helping to close the […]
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Read Charlotte: Choosing and Implementing Evidence-Based Strategies
In this Crucible of Practice Salon, Munro Richardson, Executive Director of Read Charlotte, the GLR community in Charlotte/Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, discussed the ways their coalition thinks about selecting programs based […]
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Making Small Moments Big for Children’s Early Brain Development: The Clinton Foundation & Too Small to Fail
This webinar, a part of the CGLR Funder to Funder Conversations series, featured the Too Small to Fail public awareness and action campaign of the Clinton Foundation. The presentations explored how […]
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Parent Coaching: A Key Ingredient to Parent and Child Success
Inspired by Carly Roberts of the Overdeck Family Foundation, this webinar focused on parent coaching as an essential element to parent success and child well-being. Moderated by Roberts, the panel of […]
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Scaling High-Dosage Tutoring: A Strategy for Learning Loss Recovery
During this December 1, 2020 GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, John Gomperts, former President and CEO of America’s Promise Alliance, moderated a discussion with leaders from prominent national tutoring programs who […]
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Constructing a Deep Reading Brain: An Emerging GLR Opportunity
This webinar, co-hosted by the Rollins Center for Language & Literacy at the Atlanta Speech School, Foundations, Inc., and the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading helped to launch a four-state partnership […]
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Consultative Conversation: Scaling High-dosage Tutoring as a Strategy to Recover Lost Learning
During this conversation, John Gomperts, former President and CEO of America's Promise Alliance, moderated presentations by four thought leaders with proposed initiatives designed to scale high-dosage tutoring in response to today's education crisis. The review […]
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Lessons from Tulsa SEED: Supporting Learning & Well-Being During COVID
This webinar, moderated by Dr. Iheoma Iruka of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, spotlighted the work of Dr. Anna Johnson, Associate Professor at Georgetown University and principal […]
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Translating Good Research Into Good Policy: William T. Grant Foundation
This Funder-to-Funder Conversation featured the William T. Grant Foundation and some of its recent investments to promote equitable opportunities and outcomes for young people. The session explored analysis of the […]
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Scaling Playful Learning: How Civic Infrastructure Can Support Young Learners
During this Learning Loss Recovery Challenge webinar, participants were introduced to the myriad ways that cities and communities can advance playful learning outcomes and developmental milestones for children, with an emphasis […]
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The Way Forward: Guided by Lessons Learned the Hard Way
Our 2021 GLR Learning Tuesdays kicked off with a two-part series to highlight the voices of teachers, providing us an opportunity to recognize the heroic efforts of educators who worked […]
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Educators Respond: The Way Forward: Guided by Lessons Learned the Hard Way
This session — the second in a two-webinar series — lifted up the perspectives of teachers in reflecting on the past year and the path forward. The first session, held […]
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Understanding the Data & Why We Must Act with Urgency
In the summer 2020, CGLR looked at predictive learning loss data to inform its planning. With actual student data from the fall 2020 in hand, it was important to return […]
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COVID-19 & Learning Loss: What the Data Tell Us About Moving Forward
This GLR Learning Tuesdays session included an exploration of data on pandemic-precipitated learning loss coupled with a discussion on how summer programs could be an integral part of efforts to […]
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COVID-19 & Learning Loss, Part II: What the Data Tell Us About Moving Forward
This session — the second in a three-part series — offered a continued exploration of data on pandemic-precipitated learning loss coupled with a discussion on how summer programs could be […]
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NSLA: Making the Most of Summer 2021 to Boost Learning
Aaron Dworkin, CEO of the National Summer Learning Association (NSLA), led a discussion of leaders from award-winning summer learning programs and program culture experts, including Alec Lee, Executive Director and CoFounder, Aim High; […]
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Stop, Collaborate, and Listen with Star City Reads, Roanoke, VA
To start the session, Sheila Umberger, Director of Libraries for the Roanoke Public Libraries, discussed her experience with the library system being the lead of the GLR community in Roanoke. She […]
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EdTech: How School Leaders Are Leveraging Technology to Accelerate Student Learning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32JjWQnF_Fg During this webinar, part of our Learning Loss Recovery Challenge series, Griselda Young-Ojeda, Professional Learning Consultant with Imagine Learning, moderated a discussion of school district leaders and their partnering executives of edtech companies, including Darin Brawley, […]
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A Disaster Within a Disaster: Philanthropy Responds to Learning Loss
Moderated by Debra Jacobs, President and CEO of The Patterson Foundation, this webinar featured the Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP) in a discussion of the ways in which funders can mobilize resources to […]
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Parents Eager to Address Learning Loss: Lessons From the Field
Co-hosted by Family Engagement Lab and moderated by its Chief Impact Officer, Elisabeth O’Bryon, this session continued the previous week’s conversation focused on supporting parent success, adding the important dimension of authentic partnerships […]
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The Role of Community Schools in Accelerating Learning and Learning Loss Recovery
In this March 2, 2021 GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, José Muñoz, who serves as the director of the Coalition of Community Schools at the Institute for Educational Leadership, described the four pillars of […]
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State Policy Initiatives to Fast Track Expansion of High-Dosage Tutoring
During this webinar, part of our Learning Loss Recovery Challenge series, moderated by John Gomperts, former President and CEO of America’s Promise Alliance, we learned from Jeremy Anderson, President of Education Commission of the States, about trends in […]
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Making It Real: Philanthropic Strategies for Promoting Parents as Essential Partners
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 […]
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Re-Establishing Routines: Supporting a Return to In-Person Attendance
Drawing from the reopening experience of districts and communities, this webinar discussed strategies for partnering with teachers and families to support the return to in-person schooling. Hedy Chang, Executive Director […]
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EdTech and Accelerated Learning: The Future Is Now
This learning conversation centered on how to ensure that we leverage the power of educational technology to accelerate learning — particularly now, as millions of students have fallen behind due […]
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Why Shattering the Wall Between Home and Schools Is a Good Thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ytX8wFy5G4 Panelists included Stephanie Sharp of Overdeck Family Foundation (moderator), Dionne Aminata of Illustrative Mathematics, Adrienne Austin of New York City Department of Education, Alejandro Gibes de Gac of Springboard Collaborative, Heejae Lim of TalkingPoints and Vidya Sundaram of Family Engagement Lab. […]
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Learning Pods: How We Responded, What We Learned and What’s Next
In this session, five communities discussed lessons learned and implications from their experience in starting and supporting learning pods during the pandemic: Joi Chester, Ed.D., of Greater Washington Community Foundation, Maryland, […]
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Student Assessment and Learning Recovery: Promising Options to Inform Differentiated Instruction
In this April 6, 2021 GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, part of CGLR's Learning Loss Recovery Challenge webinar, Tommy Chang, Ed.D., of Great Public Schools Now, moderated a conversation exploring how high-quality […]
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Our Story: Early Childhood Matters with Story County Reads
In this April 13, 2021 Crucible of Practice Salon, Malai Amfahr, Story County Reads Director with the United Way of Story County, provided an overview of how Story County Reads […]
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ARPA Bets Big on Accelerating Learning Recovery
Thank you for registering for our April 13 GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar: ARPA Bets Big on Accelerating Learning Recovery, part of our Learning Loss Recovery Challenge series. Panelists included John B. King of The Education Trust; Patricia […]
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Building on the American Rescue Plan Act: What’s Next for Reducing Child Poverty
With the American Rescue Plan Act projected to reduce child poverty by half, this session convened funders, researchers and advocates in exploring the roles that funders and other stakeholders can […]
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$22B for Afterschool & Summer: Realizing the Opportunity for Communities
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, […]
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The Fall K–3 Classroom: What the Data Imply About Composition, Challenges and Opportunities
Co-sponsored by Education Week (EdWeek.org), this learning and engagement opportunity — co-hosted by the Rollins Center for Language and Literacy and moderated by its Director, Ryan Lee-James, Ph.D. — explored the implications of data […]
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Learning Pods: How We Responded, What We Learned and What’s Next, A Follow-Up Conversation
In this April 27, 2021 Peer Exchange Learning Conversation session ― a follow-on to an earlier conversation in March ― three additional communities discussed lessons learned and implications from their […]
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Radical Collaboration: Peer Partnership for Greater Local Impact
In this webinar, Michelle Sioson Hyman of Raising A Reader discussed the organization’s theory of change and the philosophy behind their commitment to partnership with other national organizations before sharing information about their exciting […]
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Radical Collaboration: Peer Partnership for Greater Local Impact
In this webinar, Michelle Sioson Hyman of Raising A Reader discussed the organization’s theory of change and the philosophy behind their commitment to partnership with other national organizations before sharing information about their exciting […]
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Technology to Accelerate Learning: Tech-Enabled Solutions to Address Learning Loss
Moderated by Ipek Bakir of the Overdeck Family Foundation, this conversation featured four leaders in the tech-enabled curricula and solutions space, Michelle Brown of CommonLit, Neena Hendershott of Zearn, Claudia Miner of Waterford UPSTART and Karin Wu of MIND Research Institute, creator of ST Math. […]
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Family Resource Centers: A Key to Supported Families and Thriving Communities
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 […]
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Parents Speak: Ready for Bold Change in K–12 Education
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 […]
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Utilizing Learning Science to Reach Every Reader
In this May 18, 2021 Funder-to-Funder session, Jessica Tsang, Ph.D., explained how Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s (CZI) investments seek to support the whole child through a lens of racial equity using practices based in the […]
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Building Multifaceted Business Champions for Grade-Level Reading
During the webinar, the speakers gave insightful, practical advice on working with business leaders in a variety of ways to contribute to grade-level reading. Moderator Sara Watson, founder and former […]
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Teachers Respond: What the Data Imply About Fall 2021 K–3 Classroom Composition
This learning and engagement opportunity featured a panel of K–3 teachers from across the country, along with leaders of teacher support and advocacy organizations, responding to the data indicating changes […]
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Accelerating Equitable Learning Recovery Post-COVID: A Few Big Bets, Part I
https://youtu.be/NEzw5stLirQ This learning and engagement opportunity — moderated by John Gomperts, CGLR Senior Fellow —reprised the CGLR component of the recent Education Week Leadership Symposium focused on “big bet worthy” programs and strategies that can […]
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Readers to Leaders: Empowering Community in Dalton-Whitfield County, Georgia
In this session, Suzanne Harbin of the Community Foundation of Northwest Georgia presented an overview of the Early Childhood Initiative, gave context for the Dalton-Whitfield County community and addressed the progress they’ve […]
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Accelerating Equitable Learning Recovery Post-COVID: A Few Big Bets, Part II
This session reprised the CGLR component of a recent Education Week Leadership Symposium and built on the June 1 session’s exploration into “big bet worthy” programs and strategies that can deliver transformative change to accelerate learning recovery […]
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Accelerating Equitable Learning Recovery: District Chiefs as Deciders
This learning and engagement opportunity — moderated by Jeimee Estrada-Miller, CGLR Senior Fellow — featured a panel of outstanding district leaders from across the country and AASA, the School Superintendents Association, to […]
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Parent Coaching to Promote Kindergarten Readiness
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS5mAlVXiCE Carly Roberts of Overdeck Family Foundation opened the session by providing an overview of the Foundation’s Early Impact portfolio, which includes a focus on families as a part of its efforts to […]
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Tools of the Mind: Key Steps in Creating A Culture of Learning
This learning and engagement opportunity — moderated by Ellen Galinsky, Executive Director of Mind in the Making and Chief Science Officer with the Bezos Family Foundation — followed-on to the spring GLR Learning Tuesdays event co-sponsored with Education […]
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The Role of Higher Education in CGLR Communities
In this webinar, community representatives discussed the critical role universities and colleges play in their coalitions. The conversation started with Monica Chavez-Silva, Vice President of Community Engagement and Strategic Planning, and Melissa Strovers, […]
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A Peak Into Playful Learning Classrooms: What Success Looks Like
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 […]
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Meeting the Moment? State Policies and Spending Decisions
This learning and engagement opportunity — moderated by Lillian M. Lowery, Vice President of Student and Teacher Assessments at Educational Testing Service and Jeimee Estrada-Miller, CGLR Senior Fellow — featured a panel of national leaders discussing […]
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Learning Happens Everywhere: Returning to School With a Whole Child Perspective
This learning and engagement opportunity was the third 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 […]
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Reach Out and Read Partnerships for Collective Impact
In this webinar, Nikki Shearman, Ph.D., Chief of Strategic Initiatives with Reach Out and Read, started by providing an overview of Reach Out and Read, their partners and their four conditions for […]
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State Chiefs Meet the Moment: Accelerating Equitable Learning Recovery
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 […]
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The CARE Fund: A Philanthropic Initiative to Meet the Moment
Arizona State GLR WEEK Event
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Meeting the Moment: Decisions to Accelerate Equitable Recovery and Transformative Change
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Bringing Digital Equity Home: The Suncoast Digital Access for All Initiative
In this Crucible of Practice Salon, members of the Digital Access for All (DA4A) initiative at The Patterson Foundation in the Suncoast region of Florida discussed how “more than money philanthropy” […]
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Assume Collaboration: Philanthropic Opportunities for Aggregating Impact
This conversation engaged philanthropic leaders working at the national, state and local levels and practitioners from leading early childhood organizations in a discussion exploring the importance of cross-sector, cross-program collaboration […]
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The Centrality of Relationships: Tutors, Mentors, Coaches and Parents
I never do anything bad enough or good enough to get an adult’s attention. – Keontai, 11 Many years ago, the above words were said to David Shapiro of MENTOR, […]
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The Kindergarten Exodus: Why, Where and What We Can Do Now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS5mAlVXiCE This GLR Learning Tuesdays discussion, titled The Kindergarten Exodus: Why, Where and What We Can Do Now, featured the voices of committed district superintendents from across the country sharing their […]
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New Jersey Tutoring Corps: Lessons in Accelerating Learning Recovery
“I love math,” said a pre-K scholar in one New Jersey Tutoring Corps site, while another shared, “I’m going to be a math teacher when I grow up.” These two […]
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Learning at Home and in the Classroom: Innovation in Curricula and Professional Learning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh15TByN7VM “Education is a human endeavor. It’s all about student relationships and we really need to see caregivers, parents and family members as partners in the critical work of ensuring […]
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Building A Parent Nation
Spurred by Dr. Dana Suskind’s forthcoming book, Dr. Suskind, co-director at the TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health and Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics and Director of the Pediatric Cochlear […]
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Inspiring Young Minds Through Out-of-School STEM
https://youtu.be/aRNqKhhzcDU “Out-of-school time, which makes up close to 80 percent of a child’s life, can build the academic and social-emotional skills that help students succeed. Specifically for Science, Technology, Engineering, and […]
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Promotion Policies in 2021: Ensuring Students Are Ready, Not Retained
In this session, moderator, Kelly Butler, Chief Executive Officer of Barksdale Reading Institute, provided us with some historical context of the debate around retention and promotion in the U.S. education system and in […]
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Community Investments in Parent-Child Relationships Drive School Readiness
“By focusing on the safe, stable, and nurturing relationships (SSNRs) that buffer adversity and build resilience, pediatric care is on the cusp of a paradigm shift that could reprioritize clinical […]
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Accelerating Reading Through High-Dosage Tutoring in Mississippi Communities
In this session, moderator Ashley Parker Sheils, Ph.D., Program Director at MiSsion Acceleration, talked about how and why MiSsion Acceleration started, described their funding proposal, discussed their definition of what high-dosage tutoring is […]
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Advancing Digital Equity for Powerful Learning
In the January 11, 2022 GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, Jean Claude Brizard, CEO of Digital Promise, served as moderator and shared some data that demonstrated the impact the COVID-19 pandemic […]
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Accelerating Literacy Through Same Language Subtitling
The topic of this February 8, 2022 webinar recognizes that we are at a critical juncture: we need to leverage every possible strategy to advance learning for children recovering from […]
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Innovations in In-School Tutoring: Updates From Research and On-the-Ground Efforts
“Kids must become code breakers in order to ultimately become meaning makers. In other words, reading is the operating system of education, and if our kids can’t read, they can’t […]
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How Education Decision-Makers are Maximizing Summer to Accelerate Learning Recovery
https://youtu.be/js9h8twmkoM “We're encouraging states to start thinking about relegating this work of summer learning into the structure of the State Education Agency (SEA) because, rather than having this be something […]
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One State’s Big Bet on Community Schools: A Follow-on Conversation
The things that we do to address the physical, emotional and social needs of our children, ultimately, will support their achievement. California’s Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond made the above […]
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Children’s Savings Accounts: Building Wealth, Aspirations and Prosperity for Children and Families
When Christina McLean of Durham, North Carolina, realized her 9-year-old daughter, Lauren, was eligible for a program that will contribute $500 into a savings and investment account they can tap for education or career needs when […]
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Centering Equity in Home-School Relationships: Lessons From Research and Innovative Districts
https://youtu.be/mHAyYAV4lJY “We call our report Unlocking the ‘How’ because we keep hearing from schools and systems across the country that the pandemic has elevated the awareness of need for family engagement, but […]
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Join the Movement: Activating Your Parent Village
“The most important part for us was having the parent voice be heard. We are all about making sure that parents have a seat at the table, nothing about us […]
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Building Hope & Opportunity: Philanthropy’s Role in Catalyzing Children’s Savings Accounts
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.” […]
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Seizing the Moment: Closing the Digital Equity Gap
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 […]
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ParentChild+: Engaging Families in Early Math Through Home Visiting
"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 […]
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Showing Up Matters for R.E.A.L. (Routines, Engagement, Access to resources and Learning
"This is not a time for blame, this is a time for partnership and for collective action to rebuild the positive conditions for learning in our schools that we know […]
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Innovations in Parent & Educator Supports Critical to Kindergarten Readiness
“The secret sauce is the coaches. They’re amazing in working with these families and helping them understand the value of a good education.” Jim Lund of Waterford Upstart offered this reflection in this […]
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Elevating Educators: Investing in Teacher Professional Development for Long-term Payoff
https://youtu.be/mvYAa7zczXc Lisa Roy, Ed.D., moderated an inspiring and informative conversation with Sharon Hopper, Sarah Brown Wessling, Michelle Accardi and Cindy Hadicke, Ed.D. Each speaker shared details of their organizations’ professional development programs and resources, and talked […]
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Prioritizing Early Relational Health in Tutoring for Equitable Learning Recovery
In this May 31, 2022 GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, attendees had the chance to learn from early childhood expert Junlei Li, Ph.D., of the Harvard Graduate School of Education who […]
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State Strategies for Advancing Equitable Learning Recovery
Moderated by CGLR Senior Fellow Barbara O'Brien, last week's timely GLR Learning Tuesdays session, co-sponsored by ExcelinEd, explored strategies for scaling a tutoring strategy statewide. To start the webinar, Casey Sullivan Taylor, Policy Director of Early Literacy at ExcelinEd, described her […]
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Stabilizing the Early Care and Education Workforce: Increasing Compensation ASAP
“It is our duty and your responsibility to participate and to speak up. Your voice is your currency. No one can tell us what our profession needs better than the […]
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Systems of Resilience: Critical Factors for Decision-Making in Dallas ISD
"Data isn't a hammer, it's a flashlight showing the way." - Cecelia Leong, Attendance Works. Moderated by Cecelia Leong of Attendance Works, the July 12, 2022 GLR Learning Tuesday Learning Loss […]
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A Virtual Gratitude Reception, CGLR Salutes Our Public Library Partners
GLR Week 2022 launched with a session celebrating public libraries as a mainstay of the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading since its inception. Public libraries serve as trusted centers of communities in […]
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Building Blocks for the New Normal: Mining the Bright Spots and Silver Linings
“Kids need all of these kinds of supports. They need health care, food and housing. But, I don’t want to get away from the fact that they also need good […]
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$65B to Advance Digital Equity: Leverage Opportunities and Challenges of State and Local Funders
“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, […]
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250,000 Caring Adults: Rolling Out A New National Effort
In this GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, “250,000 Caring Adults, Rolling Out a New National Effort,” attendees had the chance to receive an early briefing on the National Partnership for Student Success, a new […]
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Parent Teacher Home Visits and the Power of Trusting Relationships: 25 Years of Impact
“It changed my life. This is the tool that kept me in my teaching career until today. This is the one thing that brought me joy at the end of […]
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Reenvisioning School Staffing
“The vision begins with expert lead teams of educators who share the work. This isn't something we made up. It's based on research about how teachers thrive, what they want, […]
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First 10 School-Community Partnerships in Action
"Innovative communities across the country are creating a First 10 roadmap that addresses teaching and learning, partnerships with families and comprehensive services, and First 10 provides a framework, a guided […]
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Learning From the Bright Spots: Examining Student Achievement Data During
“We should definitely view pandemic recovery as a process that will take place in multiple institutions in society.” — Dan Goldhaber, Director of CALDER at American Institutes for Research Hedy […]
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First 10 School-Community Partnerships in Action
"Innovative communities across the country are creating a First 10 roadmap that addresses teaching and learning, partnerships with families and comprehensive services, and First 10 provides a framework, a guided […]
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Getting Results With REACH: A Model for Successful Learning Loss Recovery
"We wanted to provide students with an opportunity to support their continued learning." Eric Becoats, Ed.D., Superintendent of Schools at the William Penn School District, offered this reflection during the October […]
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Bringing Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to Every County
“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 […]
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Engage Every Student: Building Community Connections to Advance OST
In this Learning Tuesdays webinar, we followed our September 6 briefing on the National Partnership for Student Success with a focus on a second new federal initiative designed to assist schools and communities […]
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Co-Funding Models to Support Local and State-Wide GLR Efforts
“So, this really pushed and elevated funders into new ways that they could lead community leadership work. And we're seeing it paid huge dividends both in the campaign’s success and […]
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Beyond Bricks & Mortar: How Housing Agencies Can Promote Showing Up to School
Moderated by Hedy Chang of Attendance Works, this session featured an inspiring conversation about how schools and housing agencies should and could be working together to address the skyrocketing rates of chronic absence. […]
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The Surprising Importance of Early Math
"Over a lifetime, positive effects of early math compound, and we all benefit from investing in children’s early math learning–birth through grade 3.” – Douglas Clements, Ph.D., University of Denver […]
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A Pivotal Year: Kindergarten’s Important Role in Education
Last week’s GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, “A Pivotal Year: Kindergarten’s Important Role in Education,” featured Swati Adarkar, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Early Learning at the U.S. Department of Education, Ellen Galinsky, author […]
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What’s Next? Identifying & Advancing Initiatives to Accelerate Learning Recovery
“How do we take this moment that feels really hard, and say, 'What can we do better'? ... 'How does research and how we’re mobilizing knowledge and disseminating knowledge change, […]
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Beyond the Headlines: What Can We Learn From a Closer Look at NAEP?
“I think the real challenge coming out of the pandemic is how can we get our students who are in poverty the resources they need? What can we learn from […]
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The Critical Role of Professional Development in Creating High-Quality Early Learning Environments
Through panel conversations with three philanthropic leaders and three providers, this Funder-to-Funder Conversation explores the role that research-based professional development plays in promoting positive learning environments to support children’s kindergarten readiness.
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Safety and Belonging First: Advancing Well-Being for Learning Recovery
In this week's webinar Safety and Belonging First: Advancing Well-Being for Learning Recovery, we explored how to best cultivate well-being for students — and their parents, caregivers and teachers — […]
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Play + Academics + Relationships: Teaching in Ways Kindergartners Learn Best
“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 […]
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Real-Time Data & Equitable Learning Recovery: Emerging Pathways to Smarter Decisions
“Everybody has a role, one of the first things I think we need to do is to get parents and family and community on board and understanding this isn't going […]
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United Way & CGLR: Aligning for Impact in Education
“Puzzle pieces are so fitting for what United to Thrive represents. A puzzle is more challenging in nature, but there is a solution. It may be complex and there may […]
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Follow the Money: $190 Billion to Confront Challenges, Seize Opportunities
In this GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, “Follow the Money: $190 Billion to Confront Challenges, Seize Opportunities,” we had the chance to look back and look ahead at investments made by […]
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Developing Math Joy and Identity Through Literature
In this Special Webinar, a part of the Early Math+Early Literacy series, panelists dive into children's books that make readers think about math in a whole new way! Attendees become […]
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NAEP Scores: Behind and Beyond the Numbers
“Our schools are community institutions first and foremost. One of the things we were really grateful for during the COVID era, because we were community institutions, because our teachers and […]
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Transforming the Early Literacy Landscape Using Collective Learning with 313Reads
https://youtu.be/cUIuQIrxlls?si=cuDM5Of3A-DD42Ia&t=222 “I am a former athlete and one of the things I learned in athletics is when you are up against an opponent, you want to change their eye level, […]
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Learning How States, Districts, and Educators are Strengthening Kindergarten
https://youtu.be/xRqgK8JjHlY?si=clknon2tG3KD8olh&t=274 I think that over the course of the past 15 to 20 years the concept of kindergarten as building the foundation for students has been lost, and kindergarten has […]
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Closing the Gap: Improving Attendance for Our Youngest Learners
This GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar focuses on the critical importance of creating deep relationships with families and caregivers to address the extraordinarily high levels of kindergarten chronic absence occurring in the aftermath of the pandemic.
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Closing the Gap: Improving Attendance for Our Youngest Learners with Attendance Works
Chronic absence is double the levels prior to the pandemic, and it is exceptionally high in the early grades. Exceptional challenges (increased illness, mental health, economic challenges, etc.) are barriers […]
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Smart ESSER Investments: Leveraging Edtech for Equitable Learning Acceleration
https://youtu.be/mJ8wmTFOak4?si=xb9qqc2qDv4ENoMZ&t=256 In this week’s GLR Learning Tuesdays Webinar, Smart ESSER Investments: Leveraging Edtech for Equitable Learning Acceleration, we launched our series of sessions that follow up on our recent exploration of state and […]
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Learning to Read: Applying Universal Design for Learning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=226&v=iD8jgzQ-uAU&feature=youtu.be “Being an educator is an incredibly difficult job….One of the greatest joys that I've experienced is working with kids and having a chance to be a classroom educator. I […]
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Opportunity Culture: Positive Impacts for Educators and Students
https://youtu.be/jFcvcwMWrhY?si=Qkx4lH6_T_20sBQR&t=264 This session opened with an introduction about the program from Stephanie Dean with Public Impact. Dean shared the vision of Opportunity Culture as ensuring every student has consistency with […]
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Creating Environments and Conditions for Thriving Kindergarteners
https://youtu.be/RDeZIxmCFvU?si=YGoQ1BTuT9chOFZ4&t=225 “We don’t structure in relationship building into how our schools are organized.” Hedy Chang of Attendance Works offered this reflection during this week's session, Creating Environments and Conditions for Thriving Kindergartners. Her data overview, […]
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Remake Learning: Philanthropic Opportunities for Enhancing Local Learning Landscape
In this Funder-to-Funder Conversation, a panel of funders introduce Remake Learning as a vehicle for building demand among parents, families and caregivers for a new approach to learning that is grounded in the preexisting local learning landscape, the learning sciences, and innovation and justice.
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Early Learning Innovation in a Time of Crisis
“Listening is truly one of our values, and it's so deeply, incredibly important to us, because we would not be here if it wasn't for the families that we serve. […]
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Preventing Burnout and #Resignation: Investing in Teacher Coaching and Support
https://youtu.be/SCOg_upL-nY?si=Sma2p-ib0jEQjZrn&t=316 In this week’s GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, Preventing Burnout and #Resignation: Investing in Teacher Coaching and Support, we continued our series of sessions that follow up on our recent exploration of state and […]
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Digital Access and Telehealth: What’s Working, What Are the Challenges and What Are the Opportunities?
The fourth funder workshop in a series hosted by The Patterson Foundation in partnership with the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading focuses on digital access and telehealth.
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Promoting High-Quality Math and Science Learning in Kindergarten
CO-SPONSORED BY NEW AMERICA “Math classrooms should be spaces where children are encouraged to explore, and teachers are masterful at putting the right questions and tasks in front of them […]
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Bringing Digital Equity to All Students in the Community
This Crucible of Practice Salon features leaders from the Grinnell Education Partnership (GEP) and their digital equity project. This webinar explored how and why GEP, the GLR community in Grinnell, Iowa, addressed the challenge of digital connectivity.
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Summer and OST: Smart Investments Outside of School to Accelerate Learning
This GLR Learning Tuesdays session continues CGLR series of sessions exploring state and district spending from the $190 billion Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) federal fund with this session investigating the $22 billion set-aside in support of comprehensive after-school and summer enrichment
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Making Summer Count: Philanthropic Opportunities for Summer Learning Acceleration
In this Funder-to-Funder Conversation, funders from the Mott Foundation, the Wallace Foundation and United Way of Central Iowa share how their foundations have been supporting summer and out-of-school time (OST) learning for decades, the research base they have amassed and how they have adapted their investments in response to the pandemic.
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From Classroom to Community: Investing in Whole-Child Support Systems from Cradle to Career
In this GLR Learning Tuesdays rebroadcast webinar, we continued our series of sessions that follow up on our exploration of state and district spending from the $190 billion Elementary and […]
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Access & Action: Why Diverse Books Matter
Co-sponsored by First Book and the Diverse Books for All Coalition, this session features the Diverse Books for All Coalition, a new national consortium of nonprofits and member organizations working together to increase access to affordable, high-quality diverse books for children from birth to 8 years old
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Get To Know MathTalk
This Early Math+Early Literacy “unwebinar,” a part of CGLR's Special Webinar series, features MathTalk as a community-driven approach to embedding early math skills in everyday places and spaces and supporting parents and caregivers in nurturing math joy with their children.
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State Investments Taking High-Impact Tutoring to Scale
This GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, hosted on April 4, 2023, was Part 1 of a two-part series co-sponsored by Overdeck Family Foundation exploring high-impact tutoring as a critical, evidence-based strategy proven […]
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How a Community Coalition Mobilized for Early Learning Success
“The power in this work is in the power of your partnerships. If you can engage your community in authentic ways that speak to the values of the folx that […]
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Beyond the ESSER “Funding Cliff”: Local Supports to Sustain High-Impact Tutoring
In this GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, we picked up on Part 2 in our series co-sponsored by Overdeck Family Foundation exploring high-impact tutoring as a critical, evidence-based strategy proven to […]
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Investing in Kindergarten as a “Sturdy Bridge”: Philanthropic Opportunities
“My longtime mentor, Dr. Ruby Takanishi, the founder of the PreK–3 movement said, ‘We have to do a better job of reducing the chaos at the schoolhouse door.’ By this […]
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Building a Parent-Centered Ecosystem for Out-of-School Learning
“We believe that it is whole, healthy, functioning communities that produce whole, healthy, functioning individuals.” - Gevonee Ford, Executive Director, Network for the Development of Children of African Descent In […]
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Community Engagement Initiative: A Framework for Sustainable, Systemic Change
“In our language, it explains who should be at the table with us, and it’s very clear. It’s specific that we need district leadership, county office leadership, students, families, parents, […]
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Leaning into Community-Wide Learning: What It Takes and Where It’s Happening!
This GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, Leaning Into Community-Wide Learning: What It Takes and Where It’s Happening!, was a follow-on conversation to our April 18 session, Building a Parent-Centered Ecosystem for Out-of-School Learning, which focused […]
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Get Delaware Reading’s Strategies for Early School Success
"Reading is the key to everything. I tell the students that if you read, the world is yours. Reading is going to give them the foundation to become adults that […]
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Reading for Life: The Impact of Child Literacy on Health Outcomes
https://youtu.be/KpvNfbnOEmo?si=gm83PavqHQHO_9An&t=228 “Everything that is so important to us about reading and literacy also has profound health impacts.” — Linda Mayes, M.D., Chair, Yale Child Study Center In this Partners webinar, […]
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Diverse Books as “Windows, Mirrors & Sliding Doors”: The Roles Funders Can Play
“Not only do we invest in collaboratives to get books in front of children, but we’re also thinking about funding streams that can support access. We’re thinking about library systems. […]
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Third-Grade Retention: A Conversation about Adult Accountability and Student Outcomes
“Creating the sense of urgency as the impetus for systems change is really an interesting motivator, especially as we think about this against our most recent experience and context - […]
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Showing up Together: Learning and Attendance Go Hand in Hand
"Every day matters. Instruction builds on the day before. If you miss a day, you can have gaps in your learning. Attendance also helps you build relationships with your friends […]
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Opportunities and Potential Pitfalls: State Expansion of Education Savings Accounts
In this May 30, 2023 GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, Opportunities and Potential Pitfalls: State Expansion of Education Savings Accounts, we created a forum for thoughtful and nuanced conversations to go beyond […]
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Following the Science: Bilingualism as an Asset Supporting Early Brain Development
“I think an important way to support educators and bilingual programs and all these issues we discussed today is to continue to make sure that we keep them visible in […]
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Learning Begins at Home: How Housing Agencies Can Support Attendance and Engagement in School
“Housing agencies are uniquely positioned to reach out and address the challenges families face getting their kids to school.”- Hedy Chang, Attendance Works In this Peer Exchange Learning Conversation, Learning Begins […]
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Nurture Connection: The Movement for Early Relational Health
“Early relational health creates a necessary footing for young children to optimally learn and engage in the world around them. It helps children to cultivate relationships throughout their life. It […]
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Kindergarten as a “Sturdy Bridge”: Place-Based Investments
Swati really called out two key transitions — the transition into kindergarten and then transition from kindergarten into first grade. When those transitions and those systems are so misaligned or […]
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Strengthening Kindergarten to Improve PreK-3rd Grade Experiences
“The vast majority of people in our school communities want to create equity oriented educational systems. When we put the pieces together we create the conditions to act. This joyful, developmentally […]
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Technology-Assisted Teaching and Learning: Continuing the Conversation
In this GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, Technology-Assisted Teaching and Learning: Continuing the Conversation, we revisited a session from early 2021 when school district leaders discussed how they were using specific education technology (EdTech) […]
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From Reading First to Reading Legislation With Shanker Institute
“One of the things that we learned is that every state is different, and every state has different abilities and different infrastructure. And what we recognize is that states needed […]
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Gratitude & Appreciation: Public Television Partners With CGLR
"It is midnight in our world today and the media landscape is cluttered with divisive, uninspiring content. Much the same as it was more than 60 years ago when Dr. […]
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Building on Common Ground: A Governor’s Conversation
“When I'm talking about child poverty, there’s not a Republican or a Democratic way of dealing with it. When we’re talking about creating educational supports for kids, there’s not a […]
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What Happens (or Doesn’t Happen) in One Generation Affects the Next: Two-Gen Strategies for Alleviating Poverty
In this GLR Week 2023 session, United Way Worldwide, Ascend at the Aspen Institute and CGLR engaged a powerhouse of national and local leaders, including Ralph Smith of CGLR; Ayeola […]
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What Happens (or Doesn’t Happen) in One Generation Affects the Next: Two-Gen Strategies for Alleviating Poverty
In this GLR Week 2023 session, United Way Worldwide, Ascend at the Aspen Institute and CGLR engaged a powerhouse of national and local leaders, including Ralph Smith of CGLR; Ayeola […]
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Locked Out of Literacy: Causes, Consequences & Costs
“This (grade-level reading) is not an initiative for us. This is going to be a new way of life, in which we're going to ensure that all of our […]
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NCADE Emerging: A Briefing and Conversation With the Institute of Education Sciences
In this special, invitation-only GLR Week engagement held on July 19 at 12:30 p.m. ET, we were honored to be joined by two leaders from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of […]
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AI-Enhanced Efficacy: Assisting the Adults Helping Children
“We absolutely do not believe that AI will replace teachers. They can never be replaced. Machines will not love students. Teachers love students.” Eirene Chen of Khan Academy offered this insight during the […]
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Bright Spots and Groundwork: What’s Working in Communities
“We are gratified by the absence of fatigue and the willingness and encouragement of communities to stay the course during the pandemic. As the pandemic appears in the rearview mirror, […]
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Global Perspectives on Post-Pandemic Academic Recovery
“There's a misunderstanding that TV is the solution . It's not. It's the passion — that's the solution. What do children have passion for? How can we harness that?...When somebody […]
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Reading for Life: The Impact of Child Literacy on Health Outcomes, with Scholastic and Yale Child Study Center
https://youtu.be/JIOYtmHrkX8 “Everything that is so important to us about reading and literacy also has profound health impacts.” — Linda Mayes, M.D., Chair, Yale Child Study Center In this Partners […]
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Following the Science: Bilingualism as an Asset Supporting Early Brain Development
“I think an important way to support educators and bilingual programs and all these issues we discussed today is to continue to make sure that we keep them visible in […]
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Play + Relationship + Academics: Teaching in the Ways Kindergartners Learn Best
“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 […]
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Preventing Burnout and #Resignation: Investing in Teacher Coaching and Support
In this GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, Preventing Burnout and #Resignation: Investing in Teacher Coaching and Support, we continued our series of sessions that follow up on our recent exploration of state and district […]
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Closing the Gap: Improving Attendance for Our Youngest Learners with Attendance Works
Chronic absence is double the levels prior to the pandemic, and it is exceptionally high in the early grades. Exceptional challenges (increased illness, mental health, economic challenges, etc.) are barriers […]
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National Initiatives -> Local Impact: One Year In and A Strong Future
In this Learning Tuesdays webinar, we learned about the progress made in the past year on two national initiatives launched by the U.S. Department of Education in the summer of […]
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The Urgent Need for Effective Child Care and ECE Policy
In this GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, co-sponsored by Early Learning Nation Magazine, we heard a riveting conversation about early childhood policy — past, present and future. Moderator Michelle Kang of […]
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What Happens (or Doesn’t Happen) in One Generation Affects the Next: 2Gen Strategies for Alleviating Poverty, Part 2
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SOS: New Data Indicate Stalled Progress in Learning Recovery & Some Bright Spots
What really needs to be top of mind this year is getting schools to consider whether the response, the scale of their response, is actually matching the magnitude of the […]
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Rx Kids: A Prescription for Improved Child Health & Well-Being in Flint, Michigan
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Beyond the Headlines: What Data Tell Us a Year Later
Last November, the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading hosted a GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar discussing the sobering NAEP scores that had been recently released, and this week we explored new reports from Curriculum Associates, National […]
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Taking Action: Accelerating Equitable Learning Recovery
In 1983, “A Nation at Risk” brought the conversation of education reform to the American public. In the following years, bipartisan accountability efforts such as No Child Left Behind increased […]
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What’s Working: CGLR Communities with Learning-Rich Spaces in Everyday Places
Join us again on November 14 from 12:30-2pm ET for our next Crucible of Practice session!“We believe that it is critical that each of these everyday places and spaces should […]
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What Is Next in Learning Recovery? National Organization Perspectives
“The data tells a story. I think one place where we can all improve at all levels is being able to turn this data into information and tell an effective […]
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Bridging the Gap Between Home and School to Boost Attendance and Achievement
“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 […]
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The First Month of School and Beyond: Nurturing Attendance Every Day
“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 …picking […]
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Building Parent Power: Fostering A Movement of Informed Learning Agents
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 […]
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Making Money Matter
“It is a hugely high stakes issue…..it is not just the investments and money, we need to make sure the policies are there to produce the biggest impact.” Matthew H. […]
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Early Grade Retention: A Conversation About the Potential Benefits and Risks
“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 […]
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#BetterTogether: A Collective Impact Coalition’s Journey for Literacy Equity in Detroit
“One of the things that all organizations need to be mindful of is, do they, in fact, have people who’ve ever experienced what real collaboration looks like? What does that […]
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Leaps and Bounds: How Early Learning Supports the ‘Mississippi Miracle’
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 […]
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Early School Success: Bolstering the Vital Early Learning Workforce
“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 […]
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B-flation: New Data Reveals Parent-Teacher Disconnect on Student Learning
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 […]
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What Happens (or Doesn’t Happen) in One Generation Affects the Next: 2Gen Strategies for Alleviating Poverty, Part 3
Income Supports and Economic Opportunity
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Collaborating for Kids: Climate Change, Environmental Justice and Advocacy
“There are so many various issues, but if we don’t have a livable world, really, what else are we doing? We have to tackle the issue that’s in front of […]
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Making Kids a Major Public Priority: Changing the Narrative
In this December 5, 2023 GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, panelists addressed a barrier that may be further hampering equitable learning recovery: a lack of sufficient public will and what often […]
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Community Messaging to Build Awareness About Early Childhood Programs
“We invite our business leaders, organizations and city leaders to come together to celebrate a love of reading. We really want to hone in on the importance of where kids […]
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Stalled Learning Recovery and Bright Spots from 2023
What is standing in our way? “In one word, inertia, resistance to change.” Kenneth B. Mason of the Georgia State Board of Education and the Southern Regional Education Board offered this perspective during this week’s GLR […]
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REBROADCAST – Building Parent Power: Fostering a Movement of Informed Learning Agents
Parents are their children’s first and most important teacher and as children enter elementary school, CGLR believes they should be enlisted as a school system’s most powerful partners. Yet schools’ […]
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REBROADCAST – The Urgent Need for Effective Child Care and ECE Policy
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 […]
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REBROADCAST – The First Month of School and Beyond: Nurturing Attendance Every Day
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 […]
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Connecting Communities: National and Local Partners Linking Families to the Internet
In 2021, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, better known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, released $65 billion to be used to support digital connectivity to bridge the digital divide. […]
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Catalytic Leadership in Philanthropy: Helping Lean Funders Unleash Their Full Potential
Catalytic Leadership in Philanthropy is designed to empower more lean funders to get involved in this kind of outsized impact work. The core of it really gets to this idea […]
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Big Bets Working: Keeping the Commitment to Tutoring Alive and Strong
In this GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, we focused on identifying and celebrating where and how tutoring — an essential strategy that has the promise of delivering more than the usual […]
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Engaging Families for Everyday Attendance
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 […]
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Emergent Bilinguals and English Language Learners: The Sturdy Bridge
“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 adequately designed to […]
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Getting All Students Up to Speed Using Evidence-Based Supplemental Reading Programs
In this GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, Getting Students Up to Speed Using Evidence-Based Supplemental Reading Programs, co-sponsored with the LEARN Network, moderator Adrienne D. Woods, Ph.D. of SRI International shared the above quote as she […]
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Relationships That Work in CGLR Communities With Coalition Leads, Schools and Other Partners
“True partnerships are intentional in listening to the partner’s needs and what would work best for them. There will be a trust to sustain relationships that create success. A supportive […]
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The Science of Reading for Emergent Bilinguals
In this GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, The Science of Reading for Emergent Bilinguals, attendees heard a riveting conversation about current work, initiatives and thoughts around centering English learners and emergent bilinguals […]
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Reading Universe: Scaling Teacher PD for Student Success
The ecosystem for literacy support is growing in a good way. There’s much more available than when Barksdale began its work. What makes Reading Universe distinct though is that it […]
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How Summer Learning’s Resurgence and Maximization is Accelerating In-School Learning
In this GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, we took the opportunity to explore how summer learning is a “big bet working” for equitable learning recovery. Summer learning is a critical strategy […]
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Not Without Teachers: Intentional Teacher Development for Improved Student Outcomes
“Teachers want to do right by their students, and they want to teach using the most evidence-based literacy strategies….So what they need are high-quality professional learning opportunities to specifically collaborate […]
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Identifying and Supporting Children With Diverse Learning Needs
Michelle Knapik with the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation moderated an insightful conversation that emphasized the personal and professional commitment to supporting children with learning differences. Before launching the discussion, Knapik reminded attendees of […]
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Family Engagement Strategies with Learn to Earn Dayton
“We know that educators cannot do this work by themselves, and so it is imperative for all of us as a community to be able to support our children in […]
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Expanded Learning = Expanded Recovery: How Afterschool Programs Drive Student Progress
This session explored why a “big bet” on afterschool is working to achieve learning progress with students — so much so that President Biden is prioritizing this big bet in […]
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Investing in the Future: Philanthropy’s Role in Strategic Public Financing for Children
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 […]
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The Power of Place: Embedding Two-Generation Approaches in Housing Developments
During this webinar, Sarah Haight with Ascend at the Aspen Institute moderated a conversation exploring the power of a two-generation (2Gen) approach, using housing as a platform for programming and partnerships that support both children and […]
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Assessing Assessments: Ensuring Quality and Equity in Teacher Licensure
“Every child deserves to learn how to read. And there are many steps that we need to take to make sure teachers are ready to help children. But one of […]
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Starting Strong: Developing Foundational Life Skills in Kindergarten
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. […]
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Meeting Families Where They Are: Unique Strategies for Accessible Resources
“We are getting books into the hands of children and families in Detroit. This isn’t something that we’re doing without community and without other organizations. It’s a partnership and it’s […]
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Education Recovery Scorecard: Results and Implications
During the April 9, 2024 GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, The Education Recovery Scorecard: Results and Implications, John Gomperts with the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading moderated a conversation exploring the results and […]
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Foundations for Attendance: Examining How Funders Can Help Reduce Chronic Absence
“We use public policy, research and data, community investments and communications all together to leverage systemic change. And I think the work of chronic absenteeism is a great example to […]
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Implementation, Replication, Fidelity: How to REALLY Scale High-Impact Tutoring
This April 16, 2024 GLR Learning Tuesdays Big Bets Working discussion was a follow-on to our session from January 16, 2024, where we explored the evidence and examples that demonstrate […]
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EdTech Working: Enhancing Teaching & Learning AND Scaling Needed Interventions
This discussion built on previous sessions exploring EdTech as a tool that increases student engagement and expands the reach of tutoring, literacy instruction and other interventions. We saw EdTech get […]
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Lessons from California’s $2 Billion Settlement: Implementation of State Spending to Advance Equity
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 […]
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Back to School: Reducing Barriers to a Successful Start in Kindergarten
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 […]
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What’s Working to Narrow Academic Achievement Gaps Post-Pandemic: Insights From School Districts and Partners
When we speak of gaps in our education system, we mean those related to access, opportunity and achievement that too many students — especially students of color and who live […]
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Seeding Knowledge: Harnessing Philanthropy to Cultivate Learning in Everyday Spaces
“Something I've learned is that this work falls on a continuum. A literacy-rich environment can be as simple as paint and chalk on a sidewalk or can look like a […]
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Not Just Nice But Necessary: Family Engagement = A Big Bet That’s Paying Off for Kids
CGLR has long advocated that strategies focused on getting parents and caregivers to take part in their children’s learning progress are a “big bet” with the potential to make more […]
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Scaling Evidence-Based Products & Programs Within Districts
“It's an intentional process where we use data to identify needs and then scale interventions that show promising results from initial pilots.” - H. Alix Gallagher, Ph.D., Policy Analysis for […]
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The “Sturdy Bridge”: Ensuring a Seamless Transition to Kindergarten
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 […]
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Every Child Thrives: A Journey in Early Childhood Equity Strategies
June CGLR Community of Practice
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Innovative Approaches to Teacher Recruitment & Retention Across Rural & Diverse Regions
During this GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, Betsy Mijares, Ed.D., with the T.L.L. Temple Foundation moderated a conversation exploring innovative approaches that university and nonprofit leaders are applying in rural and […]
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Beyond Parent-Teacher Conferences: Partnerships That Maximize Student Learning
CGLR has long advocated for productive parent-teacher partnerships and has hosted several webinars in recent years that revealed why “big bets” should be made on this strategy, which has the […]
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Early Childhood Workforce: Where and How Can AI Support?
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 […]
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HOLIDAY REBROADCAST: EdTech Working: Enhancing Teaching & Learning AND Scaling Needed Interventions
This session was originally recorded live on April 23, 2024. This discussion built on previous sessions exploring EdTech as a tool that increases student engagement and expands the reach of […]
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Beyond Kindergarten: Transition, Continuity and Alignment
The July 9, 2024 GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, part of our Kindergarten Matters webinar series, highlighted the importance of the kindergarten to first grade transition. In a conversation moderated by […]
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Children’s Books: From Access to Opportunity
“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 […]
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Ready, Set, Go: Two-Generation Approaches for Kindergarten Success
For the second year, United Way Worldwide (UWW), Ascend at the Aspen Institute and the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (CGLR) joined forces during GLR Week to launch a three-part series focused on two-generation approaches to […]
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Supporting School Attendance in a Time of Changing Norms
During this webinar, John Gomperts with the Campaign for Grade-Level-Reading moderated a conversation exploring the causes behind the widespread spike in chronic absenteeism post-pandemic and strategies to tackle it among education and community leaders. […]
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CGLR Salutes Children’s Museums: A Virtual Gratitude Reception
Over the past five years of virtual gratitude sessions, we have celebrated our outstanding partnerships with The United Way, public housing authorities, public libraries, public television and now children’s museums. […]
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The Promise and Potential of Play-Based Learning
CGLR has long advocated for playful learning in community spaces such as playgrounds and parks, believing that learning happens everywhere. This week’s session gave us the chance to explore play […]
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Building Brighter Futures: National Funders Share Insights on Place-Based Strategies
“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 […]
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The Influence of Social-Emotional Learning: Closing Literacy Gaps in the Classroom
Natalie Walrond of WestEd served as the moderator, introducing the webinar’s focus on aligning research, policy and practice to integrate social and emotional well-being with language acquisition and literacy. She […]
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Ready on Day One: Strategies and Tools to Support CGLR Community Coalitions With School Success
In our GLR Week session specially designed to unite CGLR community coalitions, community and state leads, partners and funders, we hosted a robust conversation with local field experts and practitioners […]
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AI’s Gap-Closing Potential: Emerging Opportunities and Challenges
AI is not to replace teachers. AI is not going to replace the need for critical thinking. It is here to augment and enhance, hopefully lighten teachers’ loads, enable them […]
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REBROADCAST – Implementation, Replication, Fidelity: How to REALLY Scale High-Impact Tutoring
This April 16, 2024 GLR Learning Tuesdays Big Bets Working discussion was a follow-on to our session from January 16, 2024, where we explored the evidence and examples that demonstrate […]
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REBROADCAST – Not Without Teachers: Intentional Teacher Development for Improved Student Outcomes
“Teachers want to do right by their students, and they want to teach using the most evidence-based literacy strategies….So what they need are high-quality professional learning opportunities to specifically collaborate […]
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REBROADCAST – Education Recovery Scorecard: Results and Implications
During the April 9, 2024 GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, The Education Recovery Scorecard: Results and Implications, John Gomperts with the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading moderated a conversation exploring the results and […]
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REBROADCAST – Connecting Communities: National and Local Partners Linking Families to the Internet
This rebroadcast begins with comments from Amina Fazlullah of Common Sense providing updates on the current state of the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). Since the program lapsed in May 2024, […]
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REBROADCAST – Emergent Bilinguals and English Language Learners: The Sturdy Bridge
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 adequately designed to […]
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Starting School With Success: How Summer Learning Closes Gaps in the Early Years
As is well known, CGLR has long emphasized summer learning as a primary strategy for advancing early school success. We have advocated for the expansion of summer learning opportunities across […]
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Invitation-Only Screening – SENTENCED: A Documentary by Steph Curry & the Children’s Literacy Project
Library of Congress* We realize that many registrants have made travel plans to join us for this important and inspiring event, so we wanted to reach out as soon as possible in […]
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When Disaster Hits: Philanthropic Responses to Natural and Man-made Disasters
“Let’s stop treating disasters as extraordinary and start building structures and processes for when the next disaster will happen — not if, but when. I can’t stress enough the importance […]
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Locked Out of Literacy: Tackling the Illiteracy Crisis Together
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 […]
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Ready, Set, Go: Realizing the Potential of Out-of-School Time to Deliver High-Quality Programming for Early Learners and Parents
The September 24, 2024 Peer Exchange Learning Conversation, moderated by Marjorie Sims of Ascend at the Aspen Institute explored the importance of summer learning, out-of-school time learning and everyday attendance. For […]
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The ESSER Funding Cliff Approaches: What States Did & What They Learned
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 […]
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The Daycare Myth: What We Get Wrong About Early Care & Education
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. […]
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Bridging the Gap: Data Insights & Global Strategies for Accelerating Educational Recovery
“Advocates have two really important roles to play here. One is to push, one is to demand that equity be at the center of conversations about resource allocation and policy […]
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Play-Based Learning in the Kindergarten Classroom & Beyond
Moderated by Diana Greene, Ph.D., of Children’s Literacy Initiative, this conversation highlighted the ways that playful learning can and should be used as a classroom method that fosters creativity, curiosity and […]
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Building Stronger Teacher Pipelines Through University-District Partnerships
CGLR and Deans for Impact (DFI) were thrilled to bring this critical topic to the foreground as communities across the country grapple with new teacher attrition amidst ongoing shortages. We […]
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An “Honesty Gap”? Shifting State Standards & Accountability for Learning Loss Recovery
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 […]
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ELECTION DAY REBROADCAST: The ESSER Funding Cliff Approaches: What States Did & What They Learned
CGLR had the rare opportunity to convene and learn from a panel of Chief State School Officers and hear straight from the decision- and policymakers about the interventions and strategies […]
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Words in Every Neighborhood: Citywide Efforts to Expand Literacy-Rich Environments
This Crucible of Practice Salon explored a recently released brief developed by Philadelphia leaders, Philadelphia as a Literacy-Rich Environment: Unlocking Potential and Creating Change. Participants engaged with these leaders, along with […]
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The First 10 Framework: Exploring Best Practices and Community Innovations
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 […]
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Maximizing Impact: The Critical Role of Philanthropy in High-Impact Tutoring
“The research shows that tutoring remains the most effective academic intervention, outperforming class size, summer school and extended school years. And continues to build a research agenda that adds to […]
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Collective Caregiving: Talking About What Kids & Families Need to Thrive
The session opened with a reflection on the paradox of American caregiving, by David Alexander, M.D., of Leading for Kids who stated, “We know how to fix poverty, we know how to fix […]
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The Daycare Myth Part 2: Creating Better State Systems for Children
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 […]
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Uniting Schools & Families to Get Students Back Into the Attendance Habit
Co-Sponsored by Learning Heroes and Attendance Works Moderated by John Gomperts of the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, attendees heard from experts in the field who are actively working to align the priorities of […]
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The Intersection of Progress and Practice: Actualizing the Science of Reading With Moonshot Moment
Moderated by Barbara Hammond and Liz Woody-Remington from The Learning Alliance, this session explored how leaders with Moonshot Moment, the CGLR community in Indian River County, Florida, have integrated a systems-thinking approach with implementation science […]
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Pathways to Progress: Inspiring Success Stories in Student Learning Recovery
“Implementation is the new innovation.” –Doug Scott This GLR Learning Tuesdays session explored effective frameworks and stories of overcoming learning loss and promoting equity in education. Kelsey Young, Ph.D., of Curriculum Associates highlighted […]
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Kindergarten Briefing and Update
Implementing these programs and getting the work done is not always easy. But the more we can help each other out and lift up, the better. Lisa Guernsey of New America shared […]
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Child Care Has Shifted: Are We Ready for the Future?
Changes to the labor market, increased understanding of the science of early childhood, and the visibility of the child care crisis present an opportunity to interrogate and reimagine child care, […]
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Holiday Rebroadcast: Supporting School Attendance in a Time of Changing Norms
During this webinar, John Gomperts with the Campaign for Grade-Level-Reading moderated a conversation exploring the causes behind the widespread spike in chronic absenteeism post-pandemic and strategies to tackle it among education and community leaders. […]
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Holiday Rebroadcast: Not Just Nice But Necessary: Family Engagement = A Big Bet That’s Paying Off for Kids
CGLR has long advocated that strategies focused on getting parents and caregivers to take part in their children’s learning progress are a “big bet” with the potential to make more […]
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Beyond the Ballot: Sustaining Progress in Academic Recovery and Early School Success
“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 […]
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Equitable Literacy Instruction: Ensuring the Science of Reading Works for All Children
In this incredibly inspirational learning experience, panelists emphasized that a primary key to dispelling misunderstandings about the sciences of reading is realizing there are multiple sciences that need to be taken into consideration […]
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Power of Philanthropy: Supporting Children’s Advocacy Through Strategic Framing
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 […]
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Kindergarten in Context: What Makes a Principal an Effective P-3 Leader?
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 […]
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Starting From a Place of Strength: United Ways Using Data and Messaging to Tell an Impact Story
This GLR Learning Tuesdays Peer Exchange Conversation, presented in collaboration with United Way Worldwide and Ascend at the Aspen Institute, explored how data and messaging drive community impact. Moderated by […]
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Sports-Focused Initiatives: A Way Through the Debate about SEL?
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 […]
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Decoding NAEP: Behind and Beyond the Headlines
This GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar featured the voices of journalists, data experts and community leaders in an engaging conversation as the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading launched its new mini-series on […]
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First 10 School-Community Partnerships in Action: Maine’s Distinctive Approach to Community Schools
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 […]
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Decoding NAEP: Who’s Below “Basic” and Why?
“I don’t think we should ever stop paying attention to the data. I don’t think we should ever stop collecting data. I don’t think we should ever stop disaggregating and […]
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NCADE Emerging: A Briefing and Conversation With the Institute of Education Sciences
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 […]
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Decoding NAEP: Attendance Matters
Continuing CGLR’s winter series examining the data and results from NAEP, also known as the Nation’s Report Card, the latest session delved into an analysis of the recently released Education […]
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Decoding NAEP: Different Contexts, Different Results?
The fourth session in our Decoding NAEP series brought together leaders from across educational contexts including: Raymond C. Hart, Ph.D. of the Council of the Great City Schools; Drew Jacobs, […]
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Love to Learn: The Transformative Power of Care and Connection in Early Education
This special webinar allowed us to dig deeper into the importance of relationships in early education with Love to Learn author Isabelle Hau of Stanford University and a panel of expert commentators who shared their […]
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For-Profit Child Care: Implications, Challenges and Opportunities
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 […]
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Decoding NAEP: What Families Know and What We Can Do
"We all want the best for our kids. But without information… how can we advocate?"– John Johnson, Parent Advocate This Decoding NAEP session, co-sponsored by the National Parents Union (NPU) […]
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Harnessing the Power of Communities to Help Children: The Early Learning Nation Collective
“Through this work over the decades, we have seen the value of community leadership because place is such a critical factor in kids’ life trajectories. If you look at the […]
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Decoding NAEP: The Perspectives of State Chiefs
This important session was a type of capstone to CGLR’s recent multi-week Decoding NAEP series where we’ve had the chance to hear multiple perspectives on interpreting and making use of the 2024 […]
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Georgia Efforts to Support Summer Learning
This Crucible of Practice Salon highlighted the innovative work of the BOOST (Building Opportunities for Out-of-School Time) grant initiative in Georgia, developed in partnership by the Georgia Department of Education […]
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More Hopeful Futures or Children as Collateral Damage?
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. […]
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More Hopeful Futures or Children as Collateral Damage? Potential Implications of Accelerated Deportation
“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, […]
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Decoding NAEP: Frontline Educators Reflect on the Pace and Progress of Learning Recovery
I was really inspired…to think about what do innovation and transformation look like?...How do we drive that from the classroom up? To ensure we're structuring both the supports, the training, […]
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Counting on Philanthropy: How National & Local Funders Are Collaborating to Advance Early Math
This Funder-to-Funder session was a continuation of a series of conversations focused on early math that began in 2020. This session explored how funders are working creatively and with growing […]
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Equitable Literacy Instruction Part 2: Ensuring the Science of Reading Works for All Children
In this follow-on discussion to our January session with executives from the Children’s Literacy Initiative and other leaders, we picked up on the notion that a primary key to dispelling misunderstandings about […]
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How to Be an Effective Communicator in Difficult Times: Using Data and Messaging to Tell an Impact Story (Part 2)
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 […]
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Beyond the Ballot: Did Child Policy Predictions Hold True?
“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.” — […]
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Making Effective Elementary Principals and P-3 the Expectation, Not the Exception
Our vision is to ensure that all of the nation’s elementary schools are led by principals who not only understand the science of young children’s learning and development but also […]
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Connecting Home, School, and Community Through Playful Math: First 10’s Young Mathematician’s Initiative in York, Pennsylvania
"One of the things that districts can learn is that you can benefit from this proactive collaborative partnership, with not only community-based early childhood programs, but also school-based programs, by […]
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Schools as “Safe Spaces”: Beyond Active Shooter Drills to Trusting Relationships?
CGLR leading partner and renowned education advocate Andy Rotherham of Bellwether moderated the session. Rotherham shared how he is passionate about the trusting relationships that can help get “left of boom” (see below) […]
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Medicaid as Linchpin: Truth and Consequences | More Hopeful Futures or Children as Collateral Damage?
We haven’t reached the pain point yet. This is the first step….And then there’s going to be that snowball effect where they either lose benefits, or a nursing home closes […]
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Timely Support for Immigrant Families & Children: Philanthropy Striving to Meet the Moment
“So what does it look like for philanthropy, which has so much privilege, to be able to stand in solidarity with movement partners, with communities? Funders wait for a rainy […]
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Education Savings Accounts: High Expectations & Continuing Concerns
In this discussion, we built on a session from 2023: Opportunities and Potential Pitfalls: State Expansion of Education Savings Accounts and again created a forum for thoughtful and nuanced conversations to […]
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More Hopeful Futures or Children as Collateral Damage? Head Start as Cornerstone for Early Learning and Development
"Head Start is not in an existential crisis. But to remain impactful and relevant, the program must continue to evolve.” — Tammy L. Mann, Ph.D., The Campagna Center The discussion […]
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Starting Strong: Preparing Children and Families for Kindergarten Success
“This simple but profound shift changed our thinking from asking ‘Is this child ready for kindergarten?’ to ‘Is our system ready for the child?’” - Nadira Rizkallah, Eugene School District […]
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The Foundation of EdTech Is Connection: Ensuring Universal Access to the Internet
The June 3, 2025 GLR Learning Tuesday’s webinar, The Foundation of EdTech Is Connection: Ensuring Universal Access to the Internet, gathered leading voices from policy, philanthropy, education, and community development […]
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Accelerating What Works in Rural Communities
The treat that I think you are in for today is hearing the stories of how investments were catalytic to change that yielded tangible results for children and families and […]
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More Hopeful Futures or Children as Collateral Damage: SNAP’s Far-Reaching Benefits for Children
What will happen to millions of children and families if historic cuts to SNAP move forward? We heard from policy experts, state leaders, and advocates who laid bare the consequences […]
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Still Ready To Learn: Philanthropic Support for High-Quality Children’s Media
I can’t help but think about…a statue of Fred Rogers that stands as a constant reminder to Pittsburgh but also to America to, as said, ‘Think of the kids first.’ […]
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Material Hardship Matters: Parent Voices from the RAPID Survey
In this June 17, 2025 session, hosted in partnership with the Stanford Center on Early Childhood, panelists explored findings from the Center's RAPID Survey Project, which provides timely, actionable insights […]
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What Parents Want: Innovative Ways to Improve Communication and Build Trust in Schools
All of these ideas have been really innovative and parents and teachers talking in a deeper way and developing trust. And what I love about the next step with the […]
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AI Basics: From Definitions to Deployment
We must help young people and everyone in our society interrogate both the inputs...and the outputs of this technology. And you can only do that if this is a foundational […]
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Smart Start: Leveraging Technology to Detect and Support Learning Differences Early
On July 1, 2025, in the second session in CGLR's Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning Institute, panelists explored the evolution of “assistive technology” that has longed been used to enhance and […]
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Designing for Connection: How Technology Can Power Learning in Homes and Communities
In the July 8, 2025 GLR Learning Tuesdays session, the third in our Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning Institute, Gabe Hakim of Promise Venture Studio moderated a discussion centered on a timely and […]
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From Skepticism to Enthusiasm: AI and Emerging Technology’s Role in Revolutionizing Teaching and Learning
“Education transformation is going to come at the hands of educators, not technologists. The technology is a tool, it’s an enabler, it’s an accelerator to what we know needs to […]
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Technology-Enhanced Tutoring: High Touch + High Tech = Big Gains
Hosted on July 22, 2025, the final session of CGLR's “Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning Institute” built on previous GLR Learning Tuesdays that have spotlighted high-impact tutoring as a “big bet” […]
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A Virtual Gratitude Reception, From A to Z: CGLR Salutes Aquariums and Zoos
"…And that is why over the last several years we have looked to our partners in the informal learning space…and sought to learn with them and to learn from them. We […]
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Guardrails & Guidelines on Tech for Well-Being & Literacy Development
The Guardrails & Guidelines on Tech for Well-Being & Literacy Development session of GLR Week 2025 brought together leading voices in child development, education, and technology to explore the challenges and opportunities […]
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Starting Early to Boost Success: State Investments in Early Alignment & Accountability
"When we talk about coherent state systems, we say let's flip it. Let's talk about the experience of kids and families regardless of the funding stream that they are being […]
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Building the Workforce for Tutoring: Emerging Options & Strategies
We know that tutoring — when it's consistent, personalized, and aligned to what students are learning in the classroom — is one of the most effective ways to accelerate learning. […]
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Reducing Chronic Absence: Promising Signals From Colorado and Virginia
"It's an all-hands-on-deck approach. All of us have a part in ensuring that our students are attending school on a daily basis and it's all of our work to reduce […]
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Disproportionate Impact Magnified: Rural America’s Children and Families as Collateral Damage?
Building on GLR Week 2025's theme of “Focusing on the Gaps,” this session zeroed-in on the outsized gaps impacting children living in rural areas. With the recent federal spending cuts […]
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From Struggling to Stability: Elevating the Prospects of ALICE (Asset Limited Income Constrained, Employed) Families
In this GLR Week 2025 session, United Ways introduced us to the families in their communities who live just above the poverty line, they are the cashiers, waiters, child care […]
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Parents as Curators of Their Children’s Education: Balancing Choice, Equity & Accountability
During this GLR Week 2025 webinar, Bruno Manno, Ph.D., with the Progressive Policy Institute moderated a conversation exploring the changed landscape of K–12 education in which more parents are actively curating their children’s […]
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REBROADCAST: Implications of Accelerated Deportation
“And how are the children?” That traditional Maasai greeting is at the heart of a series of GLR Learning Tuesdays sessions that were hosted by the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading […]
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REBROADCAST: Medicaid as Linchpin, Truth and Consequences
This special rebroadcast session with updates taped in early August poses the question “More Hopeful Futures or Children as Collateral Damage?” as it pertains to various policy shifts related to […]
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REBROADCAST: SNAP’s Far Reaching Benefits for Children
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — more commonly known as SNAP or Food Stamps — is the nation’s largest anti-hunger program, supporting more than 34 million individuals, nearly half of […]
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REBROADCAST: Disproportionate Impact Magnified: Rural America’s Children & Families as Collateral Damage?
This Special Rebroadcast concluded our month of rebroadcasts by revisiting a powerful GLR Week 2025 conversation from July. With the recent federal spending cuts and policy shifts to programs such […]
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Beyond Decoding NAEP: The Federal Role in Promoting Efficacy, Equity, & Accountability
This session picked up on our 8-session series from earlier this year that focused on “Decoding NAEP” where we engaged state chiefs, educators, parents, researchers, and advocates in a deep-dive […]
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Nebraska Growing Readers: Increasing Book Access and Early Literacy Behaviors
"While it makes sense that more books in the hands of more youth would likely mean better literacy outcomes, we wanted demonstrable results to show just how much that return […]
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Parents as Curators? Supporting Parent Agency and Informed Decisions
Bruno Manno, Ph.D., with the Progressive Policy Institute moderated a conversation exploring why and how to equip parents with information and agency to take advantage of increased K–12 education options for their children, […]
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Meeting the Moment? Philanthropic Support for Child Advocacy Organizations and Networks
Co-Sponsored by Exponent Philanthropy“It’s been great to see the flexibility, how organizations have reflected on their ability to rise to the moment, give out more funding, and/or be mindful of […]
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Designing for Connection in the Earliest Years: Technology to Support Families With Children Birth–5
In a conversation moderated by Ginger Young of Book Harvest, panelists Steve Hannon, Ph.D., of LENA; Allison Leedie of Khan Academy Kids; Dan Torres of Vroom, a program of Bezos Family Foundation; and Amie Wood of Waterford.org explored how technology can support — not supplant […]
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Implementation and Sustainability: What Makes High-Impact Tutoring Work
This session continued CGLR’s emphasis on high-impact tutoring as one of several“big bets” and smart investments identified by CGLR to accelerate learning recovery. We have been heartened to see that […]
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Early Relational Health: The Cornerstone and Common Thread
The relationship between early childhood policy experts and housing experts can absolutely help a community better thrive if we center the experience of young children and their families. –Mayra Alvarez, […]
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Curriculum at a Crossroads: Evidence and What Works
It could be the best program in the world.If it doesn’t get used properly, it’s not going to work… – Janine Walker-Caffrey, Ed.D., EPS LearningThis GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, moderated […]
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The Moonshot Series Preview: A Powerful Launchpad for Collective Learning
We are absolutely action focused…when it comes to data, we really had to refine our approach. We’re not just satisfying curiosity or just pushing stuff out there because we’ve always […]
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Book Abundance for Early Learning and Development, Early Literacy and Early School Success
this October 7, 2025 GLR Learning Tuesdays session reminded us that book abundance is not just about numbers — it’s about stories that fuel imagination, affirm identity, and build strong […]
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Screens in the First Five Years: What We Need to Know and Do
Co-Sponsored by This Learning Tuesdays session was moderated by Kris Perry, MSW, of Children and Screens: Institute of Digital Media and Child Development, who began the webinar by grounding the […]
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Homeschooling as Anchor, Catalyst, and Precursor?
During the October 21, 2025 GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, Bruno Manno, Ph.D., with the Progressive Policy Institute moderated a conversation exploring the evolution of homeschooling to become more diverse and […]
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Building the Bridge: How Early Relational Health Fuels Early Learning and Third-Grade Reading Success
This Learning Tuesdays webinar highlighted the critical connection between early relational health (ERH) — the mutual, meaningful, and affirming relationships between young children and caregivers — and early learning, literacy, […]
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Sparking Literacy, One Neighborhood at a Time: Impact and Growth of the Reading Captains Program
"We want to help more and more children create a 360 surround… everyone in their community recognizes the importance of young children and are contributing to the literacy development of […]
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Revisiting Head Start as a Cornerstone for Early Learning & Development: Emerging Challenges & Opportunities
This session was a follow-on conversation from another session last May — also focused on Head Start — that was part of our “More Hopeful Futures or Children as Collateral […]
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Technology-Enhanced Supports for English Learners
Co-Sponsored by In this GLR Learning Tuesdays session, CGLR welcomed experts to explore how digital tools can most effectively supplement and strengthen instruction for English Learners (ELs). Our conversation, moderated […]
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Phoebe & Jay: Coming Soon! A “Last Mile” Outreach and Opportunity
“Bill Isler said that, through television, we have the choice of encouraging others to demean this life or to cherish it in creative and imaginative ways. We see Genie and […]
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Parents as Curators of Their Children’s Education: The Growth and Potential of Microschools
In the fourth session of our series exploring the potential and implications of parents as curators of their children's education, Chelsea Waite with the Center on Reinventing Public Education moderated a conversation exploring the […]
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REBROADCAST: Beyond Decoding NAEP: The Federal Role in Promoting Efficacy, Equity, and Accountability
This rebroadcast picked up on our 8-session "Decoding NAEP" series from earlier this year that engaged state chiefs, educators, parents, researchers, and advocates in a deep-dive exploration of the 2024 […]
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Parents as Curators of Their Children’s Education: Opportunities & Implications of a New Federal Education Tax Credit
During the webinar, Derrell Bradford with 50 CAN: The 50-State Campaign for Achievement Now moderated a conversation exploring the opportunities and implications of the new federal scholarship tax credit, and how people can get […]
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Building Continuity: Sustaining Community Coalitions During Leadership Transitions
"We’ve built some really strong relationships. That has only happened because people trust that WAKE Up and Read is going to be there to provide the things that we say […]
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Healthy, Present, and Learning: Cross-Sector Strategies to Reduce Health-Related Absences
Co-Sponsored byThis GLR Learning Tuesdays conversation explored the critical connection between health, attendance, and early literacy. Moderated by Hedy Chang of Attendance Works, the session introduced a forthcoming collaborative toolkit from […]
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Reaching their Full Potential: Plugging the Leaky Pipeline for High Achieving, Low Income (HALO) Students
Co-Sponsored by “This webinar is a blessing. I could’ve sat through an entire day listening to these presenters discuss this topic. I’m so excited to dig in and put this […]
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Building the Bridge: How Early Relational Health Fuels Early Learning and Third-Grade Reading Success
This week’s holiday rebroadcast, Building the Bridge: How Early Relational Health Fuels Early Learning and Third-Grade Reading Success, highlighted the critical connection between early relational health (ERH) — the mutual, meaningful, […]
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Holiday Rebroadcast: Screens in the First Five Years: What We Need to Know and Do
This December 29, 2025 holiday rebroadcast, co-sponsored by Children and Screens: Institute of Digital Media and Child Development, sought to offer research-backed, practical strategies to help families and those who […]
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Holiday Rebroadcast: Beyond Decoding NAEP: The Federal Role in Promoting Efficacy, Equity, and Accountability
This January 6, 2026 session rebroadcast the final session of our "Decoding NAEP" series from 2025 that engaged state chiefs, educators, parents, researchers, and advocates in a deep-dive exploration of […]
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The Science of Reading at Home: How States and Communities Are Supporting Families
This session explored ways states and communities are working with families to ensure that they both understand the strategies schools are using to teach their children to read and are familiar […]
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Beyond Disruption: What Comes Next for U.S. Education Policy?
This Learning Tuesdays conversation examined a rapidly shifting education policy landscape and what it means for early learning, literacy, and equity in 2026. Moderated by John Gomperts of CGLR, this session brought together […]
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Families at the Center: Shaping the Future of Education
“Families trust educators often more than educators trust families. So we need to create the conditions for educators to challenge their mindsets, to actually learn what it means to effectively engage families. One of the things we often say […]
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Tutoring Works! Lessons & Insights From Local Programs & Practitioners
This session picked up on our series and our continued focus on tutoring as a critically important “Big Bets” strategy that is making a measurable impact on students learning recovery and […]
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High-Impact Tutoring as a Remedy for Pandemic Lost Learning: LAUSD Settlement
As we move forward, almost six years later, from the beginning of what we call pandemic learning, we still have a lot of very important questions to ask as we […]
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Leveraging The Federal Education Tax Credit: State-Level Decisions That Will Shape Impact
My advice for people on the call is to make your voices heard at the state level about whether you like it or you dislike it or where you want […]
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Designing for Connection: Powering Parents to Support Learning at Home and School
This webinar returned to a question first raised during our July 8, 2025, Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning Institute session: What does it mean to support learning in the home at a time […]
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Beating the Odds: Community Bright Spots Where Smart Implementation Drives Student Success
This session launched CGLR’s new series Precursors to Success and Impact, which brings together our efforts to highlight bright spots and “Big Bet” strategies for accelerating learning recovery and advancement, and […]
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Children’s Savings Accounts & Emerging Federal Policy: Opportunities & Implications
Thank you for registering for last week’s GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar, Children’s Savings Accounts & Emerging Federal Policy: Opportunities & Implications. Moderated by Tabitha Blackwell of Book Harvest Durham in North Carolina, this session was a follow-on […]
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More Than an Accessibility Feature: Same Language Subtitling (SLS), Learning, and Literacy
More Than an Accessibility Feature: Same-Language Subtitling (SLS), Learning, and Literacy, explored how same-language subtitling (SLS) and other forms of intentional text on screen might support early literacy development and […]
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Building Public Will for Literacy by Igniting Parent and Family Engagement
This week’s webinar, Building Public Will for Literacy by Igniting Parent and Family Engagement, focused on grassroots parent advocacy movements that center children first and shift toward active parent-led power building and community engagement. Panelists shared practical examples of […]
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Parents as Essential Partners: Beating the Odds and Reducing Chronic Absenteeism
Moderator Tracie Potts of Eisenhower Institute at Gettysburg College launched this week’s GLR Learning Tuesdays webinar with the important reminder above of the broad agreement — and CGLR’s long-standing belief — that parents are […]
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The Teacher Pipeline: Creating Enduring Pathways Into Teaching
Supported by William Penn Foundation Lisa R. Roy, Ed.D., of the Colorado Department of Early Childhood, kicked off of our special four-part series, "The Teacher Pipeline: Creating Enduring Pathways Into Teaching." Stephanie […]
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Leveraging the Federal Education Tax Credit: Identifying and Preparing Scholarship Granting Organizations (SGOs)
Identifying and Preparing Scholarship-Granting Organizations (SGOs) — part of our Leveraging the Federal Education Tax Credit: Opportunities and Challenges series and moderated by Merita Irby of the Alliance for Youth Thriving — focused on the scholarship-granting organizations […]
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M Is for Marathon, Not Miracle: How Mississippi Achieved Literacy Success for Students Through Smart Implementation
As I shared in my introduction, the series delves into the following question: “When a challenge with early learning has been identified and understood; possible responses — CGLR’s big bets, for […]
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Out-of-the-Box Partnerships: Turning Creative Collaboration Into Opportunities for ALICE® Families and Communities
In this week’s session, we had the opportunity to hear about innovative partnerships with cities, counties, and other leading community organizations that provide resources and services to ALICE children and […]
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New Pathways Through School: Understanding Virtual Schools in Today’s K–12 Landscape
Moderated by Steven Guttentag of EPS Learning and The Siena School, the session brought together four pioneers in the field to help families, educators, and advocates better understand what virtual schooling is, how it works, […]
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Beyond the Screen: Rethinking AI’s Role in Early Literacy and Critical Thinking
As moderator and expert speech and language pathologist Ryan Lee-James, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, of the Atlanta Speech School and Rollins Center for Language and Literacy posed in her introduction, there are many related questions […]
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Pathways to Certification: Moving Educators From Entry to Full Licensure
Supported by William Penn Foundation Hosted on April 21, 2026, this second installment of our teacher pipeline series, Pathways to Certification: Moving Educators From Entry to Full Licensure, moved beyond theory to examine the […]
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Where Will the Children Go? FY27 Federal Funding for Libraries, Museums, and Afterschool Programs.
This session — moderated by Hillary Jones, M.Ed., H.D., with Foundations, Inc., and part of the More Hopeful Futures or Children as Collateral Damage series — examined how proposed cuts in federal funding could […]
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Show Up & Succeed: Successfully Implementing Strategies to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism
This session continued CGLR’s new series Precursors to Success and Impact, which zeroes in on what it takes to successfully implement strategies that lead to results for students. This week’s […]
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Advancing Early Literacy Through Afterschool, Policy, and Strategic Partnerships
May 12, 12:30–2 p.m. ETAdvancing Early Literacy Through Afterschool, Policy, and Strategic Partnerships Moderated by Liletta Jenkins of the Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education, the session showcased how collaboration across state agencies, […]
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Promises That Matter: Unleashing Kindergarten’s Potential for Young Learners
May 12, 3–4:30 p.m. ETPromises That Matter: Unleashing Kindergarten's Potential for Young Learners This session relaunched our “Kindergarten Matters” series, highlighting the importance of Kindergarten as a “sturdy bridge” from […]
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A Childhood Full of Books: A Funder Conversation on Book Access, Ownership, and Lifelong Literacy
In this Funder-to-Funder Conversation moderated by CGLR’s Michelle Sioson Hyman, MPH, philanthropic leaders and field practitioners came together to explore why early book access and ownership matter — and what it […]
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Staying the Course: Strategies for Sustaining and Retaining a Diverse Teacher Workforce
Supported by William Penn Foundation This session marked the third installment of our special four-part series, The Teacher Pipeline: Creating Enduring Pathways Into Teaching. Supported by the William Penn Foundation, […]
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Unconstrained Skills and Ecosystems for Learning: An Emerging Conversation
This conversation explored the significance of supporting the development of “unconstrained skills,” particularly beyond school hours and in everyday places and spaces. Moderated by Karen Pittman of Knowledge to Power Catalysts and Youth Today, […]
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Connecting Policy and Practice to Progress: Leadership Systems That Drive Implementation Excellence
June 2, 3–4:30 pm ET Connecting Policy and Practice to Progress: Leadership Systems That Drive Implementation Excellence This week’s GLR Learning Tuesdays session, "Connecting Policy and Practice to Progress: Leadership Systems […]
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The Local-State Connection: Advancing Literacy & Early Childhood Success Together With Chattanooga 2.0
The Local-State Connection: Advancing Literacy & Early Childhood Success Together With Chattanooga 2.0 This week’s webinar, The Local-State Connection: Advancing Literacy and Early Childhood Success Together With Chattanooga 2.0, explored how […]
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Rediscovering Kindergarten: Embracing Play and Joy in Learning
Rediscovering Kindergarten: Embracing Play and Joy in Learning Produced in partnership with New America’s Early and Elementary Education Policy program, the session featured a two-part format: first, leaders from the National […]
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K-5 Technology-Enhanced Teaching, Learning, and Development: What We’ve Learned and What We Need to Watch Out for Next
K-5 Technology-Enhanced Teaching, Learning, and Development: What We’ve Learned and What We Need to Watch Out for Next This is the first in a series of four summer sessions focused […]
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Leveraging Funding Streams: Turning Social Media Accountability Into Youth Opportunity
Leveraging Funding Streams: Turning Social Media Accountability Into Youth Opportunity Co-Sponsored by the Alliance for Youth Thriving and the Children’s Funding Project Moderated by Elizabeth Gaines of the Children’s Funding Project, the session examined lessons […]
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Investing in the Teacher Pipeline: How Philanthropy Can Address the Teacher Shortage
Investing in the Teacher Pipeline: How Philanthropy Can Address the Teacher Shortage Supported by William Penn FoundationThis Funder-to-Funder Conversation, Investing in the Teacher Pipeline: How Philanthropy Can Address the Teacher Shortage, served […]
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Technology, Trust, and the Digital Divide
June 30, 3–4:30 p.m. ET Technology, Trust, and the Digital Divide Technology, Trust, and the Digital Divide is the second webinar in a series of four summer sessions exploring current […]
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The READ Act: An Unfolding Story
The READ Act: An Unfolding Story Co-moderated by Keri Rodrigues of the National Parents Union and John Gomperts of the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (CGLR), the session engaged a group of national and state leaders to discuss a piece […]
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A Chance to Thrive: Technology’s Critical Support for Students with Learning Differences
A Chance to Thrive: Technology's Critical Support for Students with Learning Differences This is the third session in CGLR’s Summer Institute series on Technology-Enhanced Teaching, Learning, and Development. Launched on […]
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Technology Beyond the Hype: Supporting Multilingual Learners
Technology Beyond the Hype: Supporting Multilingual Learners This is the final session of CGLR’s 2026 Summer Institute on Technology-Enhanced Teaching, Learning, and Development. In this four-session series, we explored changes […]
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What Does it Mean to Be “Human Raised” in the Age of AI?
What Does It Mean to Be “Human Raised” in the Age of AI? This conversation took on one of the most pressing questions facing families, educators, and the systems that support […]
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Promotion, Retention, and What Works: State Third-Grade Reading Policies
Promotion, Retention, and What Works: State Third-Grade Reading Policies The strongest literacy policies are not built around retention. The strongest literacy policies are built around the supports. They’re built around […]
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Let’s Ask the Teachers: Classroom Practice and the Science of Reading
Let’s Ask the Teachers: Classroom Practice and the Science of Reading This webinar tackled one of the most pressing challenges in today’s literacy landscape: As more than 40 states implement […]
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Turning Data into Action: Advancing State Policy for ALICE® (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) Families
Turning Data into Action: Advancing State Policy for ALICE® (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) Families This session explored how children’s learning cannot be separated from the economic realities their families […]
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State Chiefs Leading: Elevating Learning and Literacy Outcomes
State Chiefs Leading: Elevating Learning and Literacy Outcomes “When we talk about literacy outcomes, data, policy, and programs all matter. But what children experience every day are people….Lasting change happens […]
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A Tale of Two States: Reducing Chronic Absence
A Tale of Two States: Reducing Chronic Absence "Partnering with states and districts is work that requires being in there for the long haul. The exciting thing about attendance is […]
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Reflecting Back and Looking Ahead: Implications of the Changing Federal Role in Education
Reflecting Back and Looking Ahead: Implications of the Changing Federal Role in Education During the final days of GLR Week 2026, we found ourselves at a critical crossroads. This conversation, […]
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A Virtual Gratitude Reception: CGLR Applauds Civic Leadership and Engagement
A Virtual Gratitude Reception: CGLR Applauds Civic Leadership and Engagement "The question is not whether one book can change a life. It's what happens to that child if no one […]
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REBROADCAST: Designing for Connection: Powering Parents to Support Learning at Home and School – Copy
This webinar returned to a question first raised during our July 8, 2025, Technology-Enhanced Teaching and Learning Institute session: What does it mean to support learning in the home at a time […]
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REBROADCAST: Building Public Will for Literacy by Igniting Parent and Family Engagement
This week’s webinar, Building Public Will for Literacy by Igniting Parent and Family Engagement, focused on grassroots parent advocacy movements that center children first and shift toward active parent-led power building and community engagement. Panelists shared practical examples of […]
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REBROADCAST: The Teacher Pipeline: Creating Enduring Pathways Into Teaching
Supported by William Penn Foundation Lisa R. Roy, Ed.D., of the Colorado Department of Early Childhood, kicked off of our special four-part series, "The Teacher Pipeline: Creating Enduring Pathways Into Teaching." Stephanie […]
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REBROADCAST: Promises That Matter: Unleashing Kindergarten’s Potential for Young Learners
Promises That Matter: Unleashing Kindergarten's Potential for Young Learners This session relaunched our “Kindergarten Matters” series, highlighting the importance of Kindergarten as a “sturdy bridge” from pre-K to early elementary […]
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REBROADCAST: Staying the Course: Strategies for Sustaining and Retaining a Diverse Teacher Workforce
Supported by William Penn Foundation This session marked the third installment of our special four-part series, The Teacher Pipeline: Creating Enduring Pathways Into Teaching. Supported by the William Penn Foundation, […]
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Changes Ahead for Head Start: Examining the New Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
September 8, 2026Changes Ahead for Head Start: Examining the New Notice of Proposed Rulemaking The 61-year old Head Start Program has been in the headlines for several weeks, sparked by […]
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Building Trust, One Visit at a Time: Three Community Stories Using the Parent Teacher Home Visits Model
September 15, 2006Building Trust, One Visit at a Time: Three Community Stories Using the Parent Teacher Home Visits Model What happens when schools make trust with families a major priority? […]
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Boosting Parent Literacy: An Imperative for Early School Success
September 15, 2006 Boosting Parent Literacy: An Imperative for Early School Success Research published by the National Institutes of Health shows that a mother’s reading skill is the greatest determinant of […]

