Education Forward DC

Wishing you and your loved ones very happy, healthy, and relaxing holidays! Education Forward DC will be closed Dec. 24, 2024-Jan. 2, 2025. See you all in the new year!

We’re excited to share our 2024 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 public school options! Read more: https://lnkd.in/eiZSdh44

Happy Thanksgiving from the entire Ed Forward DC team!

Ed Forward DC's Rashida Young testified yesterday before the DC Council oversight hearing on education for students with special needs. Read her full testimony here: https://bit.ly/4fTVxJA

We're proud to have supported CityTutor DC's Transforming Teaching pilots that explored four principles to make the teaching profession more sustainable and deliver outstanding instruction and support to students: professional trust, shared responsibility, specialization, and workday flexibility. These pilots highlight the significance of team-based staffing strategies to support teachers and a strong talent pipeline. Dive deeper into their white paper: https://bit.ly/4fXXh4q

A recent report from our grantee, the D.C. Policy Center, highlights the importance of building career assets for young people, emphasizing skills and work-based learning. It is a starting point for understanding quality, equity, and gaps in offerings and provides recommendations for bridging the gap between education and employment to help DC youth thrive in life after they leave DC schools. Read the full report: https://bit.ly/3CuIXSA

🎉 Congratulations 🎉 to our grantee schools DC Prep, Digital Pioneers Academy, Friendship Public Charter School, & @paulpcs recognized as @empowerk12 Bold Performance Schools—their proficiency rates are 13.5 points higher than schools serving similar levels of priority students! Read more: https://bit.ly/4et8LvF

We're proud to support the DC School Support Hub, which will be incubated at the DC Charter School Alliance and we've just kicked off the search for a founding Executive Director! Learn more here and share with those in your networks that would be a great fit. https://bit.ly/3Ur2auA

ONE WEEK LEFT: Education Forward DC is seeking an experienced consultant to support in its long-term strategic planning process. Learn more and read the full RFP here: https://bit.ly/4dAAlGV

Congratulations to our grantee Social Justice School on their new Greater Washington Community Foundation economic mobility grant to continue and expand its "Guaranteed, Together" guaranteed income program! https://bit.ly/40aYwsx