“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” — Rita Daniels, executive director of DC’s Literacy Volunteers and Advocates, says this Buddhist proverb applies
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Student Rights Alliance: ACLU and law students work to reverse the school-to-prison pipeline
Thousands of students in DC Public Schools are suspended every year. Moreover, contrary to DC law, DCPS appears to be imposing harsher than necessary sentences,
Shutdown, Schools, and Stress: Resources and Responses
Federal employees may be back at work, but that doesn’t reduce the stress on many families at Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School
Shutdown Stress Goes to School: Temporary Resolution of Govt Shutdown Leaves Financial, Emotional Impacts on Schools, Students
“Uncertainty is stressful,” says Dr. Mary Alvord, a psychologist experienced in helping children and adolescents deal with anxiety. Even as a temporary resolution to the
DC, a “Human Rights City”? Education Challenges
Washington, DC, home of The Education Town Hall, was the first jurisdiction to become a “Human Rights City” in 2008, in recognition of the 60th
Education and the Needs of Returning Citizens
Charles Thornton, director of DC’s Office of Returning Citizen Affairs, joined the Education Town Hall on October 10. ORCA works directly with returning citizens and
Education Town Hall Forum 