Testimony of Managing Partner Bisi Oyedele to the Council of the District of Columbia’s Special Committee on COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery & Committee of the Whole at a hearing on the District’s Public Education System After the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Students and families share experiences with distance learning in new report
Today, the DC Policy Center released its annual snapshot of DC’s education landscape and school experience, the State of DC Schools Report. Traditionally, this report has presented the plethora of available quantitative data on how DC schools are doing. Unfortunately, due to the disruption caused by the coronavirus, much of the data on things like student performance on annual …
A growing achievement gap in DC calls for a new deal
Margie Yeager is a Partner with our Advocacy grant making team. A new report from EmpowerK12 finds that the achievement gap is growing in DC and that DC students are facing a “COVID” learning slide. (Education Forward DC is a funder of EmpowerK12 and funded this report.) According to the …
Fast facts about the #PreferenceEquity legislation
Margie Yeager is a Partner with our Advocacy grant making team. This week, DC Council unanimously passed legislation to create a lottery preference for at-risk students (students who are in foster care, experience homelessness, receive food support via SNAP and TANF, or — for high school students — who are …
Devices, internet access, and groceries for DC’s students
Sean is the senior manager for strategy and impact at Education Forward DC. A partnership between Education Forward DC, the DC Public Education Fund, and Greater Washington Community Foundation launched the DC Education Equity Fund in March to ensure that students had the resources to continue to learn from home …
What if equity was a part of accessing great schools?
Margie Yeager is a Partner with our Advocacy grant making team. A new report from the DC Policy Center demonstrates what it would mean to preference equity for at-risk students in the MySchoolDC lottery. (Education Forward DC is a funder of the DC Policy Center and funded this report.) At-Risk …
Looking ahead to our fifth year
As Education Forward DC enters its fifth year of supporting the leaders and organizations determined to provide great outcomes for all students, we find ourselves in unprecedented times, facing great challenges. We are looking within our organization and our work to reckon with the systemic racism brought to the forefront …
Fighting to end systemic racism and for racial justice
Dear partners, friends, and colleagues, Last week, we released a statement condemning the brutality of racism and committing to double down in our efforts to fight for racial equity. Our team and Board stand together to say, “Black Lives Matter!” and to do our part to dismantle systemic racism. As …
Getting to Inclusive Schools: An Interview with Timani Richardson
Education Forward DC believes that schools in DC should reflect and serve the citywide diversity of students’ needs and interests so that every student can grow and learn in a setting that works for them. Our Public Engagement grant making efforts are focused on supporting and amplifying the voices of …
The 2018-19 State of DC Schools Report
By Margie Yeager Margie Yeager is a Partner with our Advocacy grant making team At Education Forward DC we understand that high-quality, equitable public schools can only thrive when policies are in place that support the conditions for their success. To this end, we were one of the initial funders …