CLI Blog
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Posted On Apr 19, 2012 |One third-grade student at Chicago’s Armour Elementary summed up our feelings about the exciting collaboration with Target and Chicago Public Schools. “I feel brand new!” he exclaimed after checking out a book from his...
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Posted On Apr 12, 2012 |
As CLI shifts its focus to school-wide transformation, it’s fitting that Chief Academic Officer and Director of Professional Development Rahshene Davis understands the mindset of school leaders. A former principal, Davis was named the... -
Posted On Apr 5, 2012 |When school district officials in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, introduced a new curriculum two years ago, they did their homework—they made sure the model curriculum was aligned to state standards, carefully adapted it for use in all grade...
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Posted On Mar 29, 2012 |Last week our executive director, Kelly Hunter, was a featured speaker during a session at the second Building a Grad Nation Summit in Washington. The Summit, sponsored by America’s Promise Alliance, gathered teachers, school administrators,...
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Posted On Mar 22, 2012 |We’re very happy that more than 120 communities have made a lasting commitment to improve early literacy. A collaborative effort from funders across the nation, The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading shares our primary goal and reason for being...
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Posted On Mar 15, 2012 | (3) Comments
In Nicole Traore’s kindergarten classroom, a student is pointing to a word on a board. After thinking for a moment, her face brightens and she says it aloud: “Thrilled.” “Whoa, Maya, big kid word,” Traore says,... -
Posted On Mar 8, 2012 |In a recent commentary, WHYY’s Chris Satullo pointed out a fundamental problem we’re all too familiar with in our work—that the schools that should pay teachers the most usually pay the least. Satullo specifically mentioned...
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Posted On Mar 1, 2012 |In an earlier post, Kelly Hunter, our executive director, talked about CLI’s shift from changing the world “one classroom at a time” to fostering sustainable, school-wide change in the schools and districts we work with. For us,...
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Posted On Feb 24, 2012 |When you walk into one of our CLI Model Classrooms™, one of the first things you’ll notice is the walls. Chances are they’ll be covered with strips of paper, each displaying a different word. Oftentimes, you’ll even be...
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Posted On Feb 21, 2012 |
Our Mission and Vision By CLI's Executive Director Kelly Hunter, Ed.D. Imagine a classroom where students eagerly work together to complete assignments, where colorful student artwork and writing cover the walls, and where shelves of engaging...
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