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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 ...
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.
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 ...
Sean is Chief Strategy Officer 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 ...
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
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