Ron Fairchild
@RonaldFairchild
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Founding President & CEO of the Smarter Learning Group
Baltimore, MD
Joined September 2010
Join @readingby3rd on 7/17 for a #GLRWeek session w/ @GovWesMoore exploring areas for potential bipartisan action advancing early school success. Be a part of the conversation! REGISTER: https://t.co/3VJx6N4Tbi
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The benefits of after-school programs should be obvious; so why doesn't the government invest in them? @MarlonWayans breaks it down in a new #LongStoryShort
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Missouri educators hope a new approach to reading will improve low literacy rates
kcur.org
Education leaders want Missouri teachers to lean into research-backed literacy instruction methods, known as the science of reading.
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Learning loss is a generational emergency. Here is how to fix it.
washingtonpost.com
We can't accept any excuses for why the nation's report card is so grim. We have to fix it.
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How To Make Schools Safer Without Additional Physical Security Measures
americanprogress.org
The newly enacted Bipartisan Safer Communities Act can help schools and districts create safer learning environments without resorting to implementing measures that harden schools.
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Funding opportunity from @Wallacefdn: One-year grants to support partnerships focused on adolescent learning & development outside the classroom. Submit your expression of interest by Nov 4. https://t.co/uqCsTBGZjw
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Absenteeism is a lost opportunity to learn. We can’t afford to think of absenteeism as merely a lack of compliance with school rules. https://t.co/SUTmBji6we
#SchoolEveryDay
@EveryDayLabs
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Five things every school board member (and superintendent) should know about afterschool and summer programs...
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Fantastic set of four lessons for how to build a stronger Child Care system - Elliot’s Provocations: Child Care Lessons from Ireland, by @EarlyLearnNatn
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Student absenteeism skyrocketed in the pandemic as test scores plunged
washingtonpost.com
The rate of missing students appears to have doubled, according to a new analysis of Education Department data.
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Summer learning program in Baltimore ‘tremendously innovative and effective’ | GUEST COMMENTARY
baltimoresun.com
Now that school has started back up across the country, I am reflecting on this summer when I, along with 19 afterschool and summer learning professionals from South Carolina, journeyed to Baltimor…
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Gabrielle Schwartz of the New York State Network for Youth Success was selected to join a national afterschool and expanded learning initiative. She will be part of the 11th cohort of the White-Riley-Peterson Policy Fellowship through Furman University.
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Big Dollars for Little Kids: Early Childhood Education
philanthropy.com
Grant makers’ support of early-childhood education is boosting grassroots organizing and bipartisan advocacy — and spurring more government investment.
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Excited about heading to @rileyinstitute next week and meeting the newest class of White Riley Peterson Afterschool Policy Fellows. They will join 156 graduates of the program in all 50 states.
furman.edu
Seeing high demand but facing staffing shortages and increased expenses, afterschool programs find themselves in a challenging moment, but the White-Riley-Peterson (WRP) Policy Fellowship is equipp...
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A summer learning strategy pioneered in Philadelphia is now producing results in Charlotte. https://t.co/oCH3OcOAYC (2/2)
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One thing our firm tries to do is lift up what's working in communities and create opportunities for leaders to learn from and with each other. Here's a great example of the power of that kind of networking that we helped facilitate back in 2016. (1/2)
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A4.1 @CityofMemphis has invested over $20 million in ARPA funds into afterschool and summer programs to #Engageeverystudent. Memphis will expand city and CBO-run programs, including @BCGA_Clubs, and the Play your Parks free summer camp! Learn more:
public.tableau.com
Federal Pandemic Relief Funds
Q4: #EngageEveryStudent encourages use of American Rescue Plan funds for afterschool and summer. Do you know any great examples of ARP funds being tapped to support students with afterschool or summer programs? What difference is it making?
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