Education remains a top funding priority for the District of Columbia, thanks to the work of Mayor Bowser and the DC Council. In late June, the Council finalized its changes to the mayor’s proposed fiscal year 2025 budget, building on the ...
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Today Education Forward DC, in partnership with Transcend, released Supporting Student and Staff Well-Being: School Pilots in Action, a white paper exploring what four public schools in the District of Columbia learned through piloting ...
Join us for the release of updated data examining students’ well-being, building on the work started last year to understand better how students are fairing during the return to in-person learning. Then hear from a panel of school leaders as ...
We’re failing a key group who may be key to our students' success: Black male educators.
“Black men are coming into education more than any other demographic,” said Rictor Craig, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the National ...
Education Forward DC’s Managing Partner Margie Yeager delivered the following testimony to the Council of the District of Columbia’s Committee of the Whole at a hearing on DC's fiscal year 2025 budget for the education sector.
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We’re excited to share with you our 2023 Impact Report, detailing our work over the last year investing in leaders who are committed to recovering and reimagining education in DC and confronting the challenges before us by growing high-quality ...
DC students made gains on citywide assessments compared to the previous year, according to data released late last month by the DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education. This increase is positive—particularly for schools that ...
After years of continued growing investments in DC schools, the District of Columbia could be facing a more challenging fiscal picture at a time when DC students need greater support than ever.
Education Forward DC hosted a webinar ...
Rashida Young joined the Education Forward DC team in April as Partner for Schools, Talent, and Racial Equity.
As Partner for Schools, Talent, & Racial Equity, Rashida will lead Ed Forward DC’s grantmaking to support school quality, ...
New data released today provides insights into how students in the District of Columbia are faring since they returned to the classroom after nearly two-and-a-half years of remote learning during the global COVID-19 pandemic — as reported by ...
Today, Education Forward DC released an update to its original It's About Time: Learnings from a Staffing Innovation Pilot white paper, which shared several schools' experiences exploring how they might innovate on their staffing model to ...
We're excited to share with you our 2022 Impact Report, detailing our work over the last year investing in leaders who are committed to recovering and reimagining education in DC and confronting the challenges before us by growing high-quality ...