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The challenges for DC students and families in the last 20 months of the COVID-19 pandemic cannot be overstated. Loss of loved ones, financial stress, managing learning from home, and anxiety about the future have tested each student and family in DC. Sadly, these stresses are not new for many. …
In July, Education Forward DC celebrated five years of accelerating the work of visionary education leaders in the District of Columbia. In that relatively short amount of time, our investment of $43 million in more than 80 unique grantees to build greater equity for DC students has supported meaningful gains …
Camila Camborda is the Senior Analyst on our Advocacy and Public Engagement Team Most DC students fell behind on math and reading while learning remotely during the pandemic, a new report from EmpowerK12 released this week found. The analysis examines “unfinished learning”, exploring students’ academic performance during the 20-21 school …
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.
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 …
Education Forward DC’s mission is to support visionary education leaders to foster a city of high-quality, equitable public schools for every DC student and family. In the two and half years since we launched, we have supported more than 40 grantees who are supporting the creation and launch of excellent …
