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 ...
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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 ...
Margie Yeager is a Partner with our Advocacy and Grantmaking 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
It’s the beginning of the New Year and the Education Forward DC team is busy in our grantmaking in service of our five-year goal of doubling the number of underserved students in DC who are college and career ready. Our most recent grants have ...
Simone is a Senior Analyst on the Schools and Talent team
What makes you interested in education in DC?
I believe that, when done well, education can be transformative for individuals and can lead to political, economic, and social ...
Within our first five years, Education Forward DC aims to double the number of underserved students in DC who are college and career ready. In service of our goal, we recently announced our School Quality and Equity Strategy, a set of grants ...
Education Forward DC is on track to meet our five-year goal to double the number of underserved students who are college and career ready, but we are always thinking about how to better improve quality and equity for the city's students. We are ...
July marked the
beginning of Education Forward DC’s third year and we’re excited to partner
with new organizations and leaders in service of our five-year goal of doubling
the number of underserved students in DC who are college and career ...