Campaign for Grade Level Reading: What Happens (or Doesn’t Happen) in One Generation Affects the Next: Two-Gen Strategies for Alleviating Poverty

Marjorie Sims | July 19, 2023 | Ascend Network, Media Mentions

The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading (CGLR) hosts an annual, week-long (July 17–21, 2023) series of virtual events that spotlight how dozens of states are working to advance early school success and accelerate equitable learning recovery.

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 CGLRAyeola Fortune of United Way WorldwideCamille Busette of the Brookings Institution and the Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion InitiativeMarjorie Sims of Ascend at the Aspen InstituteBecca Bice of United Way Greater Austin; and Amy Weber of United Way of Greater Cincinnati. Mission aligned around an aspiration for children and families that envisions an intergenerational cycle of opportunity, the panelists discussed two-generation (2Gen) strategies — an approach to achieving improved outcomes for families by intentionally working with both the children and the adults in their lives simultaneously.

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