Wednesday, July 19

• 12:30–2 p.m. ET, NCADE Emerging: A Briefing and Conversation With the Institute of Education Sciences – INVITATION ONLY

• 3–4:30 p.m. ET, AI-Enhanced Efficacy: Assisting the Adults Helping Children

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Thursday, July 20

• 12:30–2 p.m. ET, Bright Spots and Groundwork: What’s Working in Communities

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• 3–4:30 p.m. ET, Global Perspectives on Post-Pandemic Academic Recovery
  

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 Monday, July 17, 2023

12:30–2 PM ET
Gratitude & Appreciation: Public Television Partners With CGLR

This session recognized public television, including Public Broadcasting Service, Corporation for Public Broadcasting and other public television outlets, for their intergenerational work and commitment to improve outcomes for children by enhancing the efficacy and agency of the adults (parents, caregivers and educators) in children’s lives. CGLR celebrated the many ways in which public television has worked at the national, regional, state and local levels to help surround children in economically challenged families with learning opportunities by producing television shows that promote early literacy, numeracy and scientific exploration.

A panel of senior leaders from public television, the U.S. Department of Education and others discussed how public television is leading efforts to improve the overall well-being and success of children by providing high-quality early learning content and equipping parents, caregivers and teachers with information, skills and tools they can use to help support children. We also heard how the U.S. Department of Education is similarly focusing on the importance of intergenerational models to support children’s early literacy.

Presenters:

• Mouna Algahaithi, Early Learning Engagement Specialist, PBS Wisconsin
• Patrick Butler, President and Chief Executive Officer, America’s Public Television Stations
• Cathy Cook, Director of Education, WQED Multimedia
• Pamela Johnson, Ph.D., Executive Director, Ready To Learn, Corporation for Public Broadcasting
• David Lowenstein, Senior Director, Ready To Learn, PBS Kids 
• Gina Masciola, Managing Director, Education, WQED Multimedia
• Miriam Mendoza, Program Director, Austin PBS, KLRU-TV
• Shelley Pasnik, Senior Vice President, External Affairs, EDC
• Kierstan Schwab, Executive Director, Texas PBS, and Co-State Lead, Smart Start Texas
• Ralph Smith, Managing Director, Campaign for Grade-Level Reading

Moderator:

• Jamila Smith, Director, Innovation and Early Learning Programs, U.S. Department of Education

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3–4 PM ET
Building on Common Ground: A Governor’s Conversation

In the years after its launch in 2010, the CGLR was the grateful beneficiary of what was then broad and bipartisan support for sound education policy and a deep consensus around ensuring early literacy. Even as the Common Core State Standards movement stalled and then imploded, CGLR continued to win strong endorsements from a majority of sitting governors — Democrats, Republicans and Independents.

CGLR’s commitment to being both clear-eyed and optimistic requires us to acknowledge today’s environment is decidedly more difficult to navigate with voter attitudes on issues such as teacher salaries, charter schools and teaching about race increasingly tracking along party lines. Even so, we are buoyed by the Hunt Institute’s 2022 Across the Aisle survey findings that voters and parents care more about whether schools are safe, teach real-world skills, provide mental health supports for students, and address learning loss and literacy.

These findings align with our own ongoing crowd-sourcing of CGLR networks of stakeholder coalitions in 46 states. That crowd-sourcing illuminates several issues and challenges around which to find and build common ground: finding effective ways to promote meaningful family engagement and productive partnerships between parents and educators; expanding pathways to success by investing in twenty-first century career and technical education; ensuring digital connectivity for all students; and making schools safe. This session featured a one-on-one interview with Maryland Governor Wes Moore as CGLR launched a series of sessions that will engage governors and other leaders representing the Democratic and Republican parties in an exploration of areas of shared concern that could yield viable strategies to advance bipartisan support.

Presenter:

• Wes Moore, Governor, State of Maryland

Panelists:

• Denise Forte, President and CEO, The Education Trust
• Seth Gerson, Program Director for K-12 Education, National Governors Association
• Lucy Berrier Matheson, Deputy Director, K-12, The Hunt Institute
• Martin R. West, Academic Dean and Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Moderator:

• John Gomperts, Executive Fellow, Campaign for Grade-Level Reading

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Tuesday, July 18, 2023

12:30–2 PM ET
What Happens (or Doesn’t Happen) in One Generation Affects the Next: Two-Gen Strategies for Alleviating Poverty
Co-Sponsored by the Aspen Institute and United Way Worldwide

Two-generation (2Gen) approaches build family well-being by intentionally and simultaneously working with children, families and caregivers. While there are many factors that shape a child’s well-being, family economic security is an essential lever in achieving better outcomes for children. And access to a quality education is not only a powerful driver for economic mobility but a predictor of children’s educational and economic outcomes. By elevating and investing in 2Gen approaches, communities are creating an intergenerational cycle of opportunity and helping to move low-income children and their families to brighter futures. United Ways are well-positioned to advance 2Gen strategies, particularly those working across sectors to implement strategies and programs that intersect education, economic mobility and health.

In this session, CGLR, in partnership with the Aspen Institute and United Way Worldwide, shared data to help participants understand both the issues and the impact, invited experts and local United Ways to talk about what’s working, and explored 2Gen approaches that help low-income children and families.

Presenters:

• Camille M. Busette, Ph.D., Interim Vice President, Governance Studies, and Director, Race, Prosperity and Inclusion Initiative, Brookings Institution
• Ayeola Fortune, Vice President, Impact Team, United Way Worldwide
• Ralph Smith, Managing Director, Campaign for Grade-Level Reading

Commentators:

• Becca Bice, Director of Family Pathways, United Way for Greater Austin
• Amy Weber, Chief Impact Officer, United Way of Greater Cincinnati

Moderator:

• Marjorie Sims, Managing Director, Ascend, Aspen Institute

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3–4:30 PM ET
Locked Out of Literacy: Causes, Consequences and Costs

It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. If so, a documentary is worth a thousand conversations. For GLR Week 2023, CGLR provided its network with the opportunity to spark many important discussions by highlighting the powerful documentary, “The Right to Read.” This film features the stories of an NAACP activist, dedicated teachers and two American families who fight to provide our youngest generation with the most foundational indicator of lifelong success: the ability to read.

CGLR was delighted to offer a pre-GLR Week, exclusive viewing of the thought-provoking, not yet released documentary. The GLR Network and its partners were provided with private access to the documentary during GLR Week and invited to join the plenary to hear from a family featured in the film and other experts on the issues as a part of conversation about action steps needed to achieve reading proficiency.

Presenters:

• David C. Banks, Chancellor, New York City Department of Education
• Yolie Flores, CEO and President, Families in Schools
• The Hunter Family: Isaiah, Teresa and Ivy Hunter
• J. Nicholas Philmon, Ph.D., K-5 ELA Coordinator, Marietta City Schools, Georgia

• Vincent Stehle, Executive Director, Media Impact Funders

Moderator:

• Ryan Lee-James, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Chief Academic Officer, Director of Rollins Center for Language & Literacy, Atlanta Speech School

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Wednesday, July 19, 2023

12:30-2 PM ET
NCADE Emerging: A Briefing and Conversation With the Institute of Education Sciences (by invitation only)

In this invitation-only session, we were joined by the Institute of Education Sciences Director Mark Schneider, Ph.D., and Commissioner of Education Research Elizabeth Albro, Ph.D., for a conversation and briefing. They shared information on the new funding for IES included in the FY 2023 omnibus appropriations bill and the potential of applying the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) model to support research and development on quick-turnaround, high-reward, scalable and transformative solutions in education. There is much excitement about for a National Center for Advanced Development in Education (NCADE) as an opportunity for bringing the type of transformative innovations generated through DARPA (GPS and the internet), but some knowledgeable observers have questioned the applicability of the DARPA model to education. This conversation provided the opportunity to explore all aspects.

Presenters:

• Mark Schneider, Ph.D., Director, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education
• Elizabeth Albro, Ph.D., Commissioner of Education Research, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education

Commentators:

• Phil Halperin, President, Silver Giving Foundation
• Na’ilah Suad Nasir, Ph.D., President, Spencer Foundation

Moderator:

• Jim Kohlmoos, Co-Founder & Partner, EDGE Consulting, LLC & Senior Fellow, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching 

3–4:30 PM ET
AI-Enhanced Efficacy: Assisting the Adults Helping Children

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an emerging “bright spot” and can be a powerful resource that can enhance “human intelligence, human potential and human purpose,” according to educator Sal Khan, founder of the Khan Academy. This session reviewed how AI can be leveraged to support families’ efficacy as they work toward creating ideal learning environments for their children. Isabelle Hau, Ph.D., Executive Director of Stanford Accelerator for Learning at Stanford University, moderated a conversation about how AI can be a powerful resource in supporting families, exploring innovative new models that can be used to equip and empower parents to succeed in their role as their child’s first and most important teacher. Panelists shared information about their work in AI and how it is supporting education and learning.

Panelists:

• Eirene Chen, Director, District Partnerships, Khan Academy
• Christie Chu, Co-Founder and Head of Learning, Koalluh
• Nick Haber, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Education
• Vicki Phillips, Ed.D., CEO, The National Center on Education and the Economy
• Pati Ruiz, Ed.D., Senior Research Scientist, Digital Promise

• Tom Sayer, Co-Founder and CEO, Ello

• Jim Steyer, Founder and CEO, Common Sense Media

Moderator:

• Isabelle Hau, Ph.D., Executive Director, Stanford Accelerator for Learning, Stanford University

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dThursday, July 20, 2023

12:30–2 PM ET
Bright Spots and Groundwork: What’s Working in Communities

Three focus areas for CGLR in addressing equitable learning loss recovery are assuring there is digital connectivity to the internet, cultivating learning-rich environments in everyday places and addressing chronic absence in kindergarten. Earlier this year, CGLR launched the What’s Working XChange census to understand how communities were working in each of these areas. This session featured field experts and community stories about what’s working to ensure children are connected to the internet, how communities are integrating learning-rich environments into everyday places, and approaches toward tackling chronic absence in kindergarten. Using a Zoom meeting format, this session included breakout discussion groups dedicated to each of these topics with a number of engagement tools used during the breakouts.

Presenters:

• Kellie Alexander, Fellow, The Patterson Foundation
• Juan Diego Amado, Senior Collective Impact Associate, Miami Connected, The Miami Foundation
• Liz Bahl, Chief Operating Officer and Director of Program Implementation, The Learning Alliance
• Kate Bennett, Community Impact Officer, Early Childhood & Education Success, United Way of Central Iowa
• Hedy Chang, Executive Director and President, Attendance Works
• Cheri Coryea, Digital Access for All, Initiative Manager, The Patterson Foundation
• Andy Gail, Executive Director, Literacy Volunteers Winchester Area
• Dawn Gerundo, Director of Development and Engagement, Valley of the Sun United Way
• Rosie Grant, Executive Director, Paterson Education Fund
• Elizabeth Hansen, Executive Director. Grinnell-Newburg School Foundation (and) Program Coordinator for Collective Impact, Office of Community Partnerships, Planning, and Research, Grinnell College
• Jill Harris, Project Coordinator, Grinnell Education Partnership, Grinnell College
• Liza Khan, Senior Programs Manager, Children’s Services Council of Broward County
• Kathleen Knudsen, Facilitator, Metro-Omaha Raise Me to Read
• Melissa Litwin, Early Childhood Program Director, The Henry and Marilyn Taub Foundation
• Katelyn Orloski, Principal of Wildflower Elementary School, Avondale School District
• Ralph Smith, Managing Director, Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
• Rachel Stine, Director of Book Abundance, Book Harvest
• Cheryl Werner, Community Impact Coordinator, United Way of Central Iowa
• Inika Williams, Associate Director of Policy, Attendance Works

Moderators:

• Malai Amfahr, Senior Program Officer of Constituency Outreach and Engagement, Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
• Siobhan Reardon, Auerbach-Berger Senior Fellow, Everyday Places and Spaces Initiative, Campaign for Grade-Level Reading

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3–4:30 PM ET
Global Perspectives on Post-Pandemic Academic Recovery

COVID-19 was a global experience and there are many innovative responses emerging from countries across the globe to accelerate learning recovery. This session engaged international experts in a conversation on learning recovery initiatives from around the globe. Presenters explored approaches being adopted in other countries and discussed what can be learned from them to ensure that efforts to accelerate equitable learning recovery in the United States are informed by research and practice insights.

Presenters:

• Katherine Begley, Director, Technical Support for the Education and Adolescent Empowerment Team, CARE USA
• Brij Kothari, Founder & President, PlanetRead
• Governor Robert E. Wise, Former Governor of West Virginia, Global Science of Learning Education Network (GSoLEN)

Commentator:

• Munro Richardson, Ph.D., Executive Director, Read Charlotte

Moderator:

• John Gomperts, Executive Fellow, Campaign for Grade-Level Reading

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