▶️ And check out this bonus PAVE shoutout from Josh Boots of @empowerk12.bsky.social !
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▶️ And check out this bonus PAVE shoutout from Josh Boots of @empowerk12.bsky.social !
🔗 Add YOUR voice by signing our budget petition at the link in our bio! actionnetwork.org/petitions/be...
Our kids represent the future of DC, and they can't wait - we have to keep building on the progress we've made so that every child has the excellent education they need to thrive. As Tara shared in her testimony, "It really is simple: invest now or pay later."
🎯 Protecting & expanding access to high-impact tutoring
📚 Transparency in curriculum so parents can know whether their child's school is using high-quality instructional materials
👩🏾🏫 Professional development & coaching for teachers in literacy & math best practices
Ward 6 Parent Leader Tara Brown & PAVE Chief of Policy Kerry Savage testified at yesterday's @councilofdc performance oversight hearing for @osse.dc to advocate for 3 key academic supports:
📣💸 This budget season, we need to focus our investments on what's been proven to help our kids succeed! 💸📣
💜 Huge shoutout to the ETEP team & EmpowerK12 for presenting and facilitating 🔥🔥🔥 discussions, and to all the Parent Leaders who attended & shared their perspectives! 💜
We hosted our first Data Deep Dive of 2026 with the Office of Education Through Employment Pathways and @empowerk12.bsky.social ! Our Parent Leaders explored data on early career outcomes for DC alumni and shared feedback on what metrics parents want more information on.
🎓💼📈 PAVE Parent Leaders know that having data on post-graduation outcomes is CRITICAL to understanding how our schools set kids up to thrive!
Thank you CM Crawford for listening to the priorities of our parents - including academics and school-based mental health - and sharing your priorities around literacy and school safety. We look forward to collaborating to make sure all our kids have what they need to thrive 💜
The #PurpleWave was back at the Wilson Building yesterday as our Parent Leaders shared their #ParentPriorities with our newest At-Large Councilmember!
👏 Meet our panel for the State of D.C. Schools 2024-25 event!
🌟 Dr. Antoinette Mitchell (OSSE)
🌟 Dr. Lewis Ferebee (@dcpublicschools.bsky.social)
🌟 @deniseedtrust.bsky.social (@edtrust.bsky.social)
🌟 Shannon Hodge (KIPP DC)
🌟 LaSheema Burnett (@dcpave.bsky.social)
➡️ Register: ow.ly/hWFW50YoJJL
Add YOUR voice as we share our budget priorities with the Mayor and the Council! Sign our Budget Petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/be...
✏️ Implementing literacy & math best practices
👩🏾🏫 Educator training & professional development
📚 High-quality instructional materials
🎯 Expanding access to high-impact tutoring
💜 Whole child supports: safe passage to school, diverse school options & models, OST programs, & school-based mental health
Our Parent Leaders are getting LOUD for our kids' learning 📣 We're calling on our policymakers to invest in DC's future by investing in what our kids need most:
💜💸 The #PurpleWave showed up & showed OUT for the Mayor's Budget Forums! 💜💸
Shoutout to all the Parent Leaders who testified, and to Chairman Mendelson for answering Tara's question live! 💜
📣 Ward 8 Parent Leader LaSheema Burnett asked: Can we count on you to be a champion for High-Impact Tutoring?
📣 Ward 6 Parent Leader Tara Brown asked: What is your plan to ensure that High-Impact Tutoring remains accessible to students in the District?
📣 Ward 5 Parent Leader Katrice Turner and Ward 8 Parent Leader Ty Andrews @mrstyandrews.bsky.social asked: How can you and the rest of the Council, either through the budget or through legislation, support investments in educator training?
📣 Ward 7 Parent Leader Davinia Seay asked: How can the Council support DCPS & PCSB to deepen their efforts in implementing the DC Literacy Task Force and DC Math Task Force recommendations?
The #PurpleWave testified at the @councilofdc.bsky.social performance oversight hearings for @dcpublicschools.bsky.social , PCSB , DME , and @dcsboe.bsky.social - and our Parent Leaders brought some questions for @chmnmendelson.bsky.social and the Committee of the Whole:
📚👩🏾🏫 In order for our kids to succeed academically, we HAVE to invest in our teachers, as well as student supports that we know work! 📚👩🏾🏫
📚 Join us for the 2024-25 State of D.C. Schools release event on March 11th at MLK Library!
👏 We're excited to welcome our panel of experts from OSSE, @dcpublicschools.bsky.social, @edtrust.bsky.social, KIPP DC, and @dcpave.bsky.social.
➡️ Register to attend: secure.givelively.org/event/dc-pol...
We’re proud that the legacy of the Consolidated Parents Group lives on in our PAVE Parent Leaders - most of whom are Black mamas - who continue to advocate for an excellent education for every child. This & every month, we celebrate the Black leaders who got us here & inspire our work every day ✊🏾💜
Bolling v. Sharpe is significant because, as DC is not a state, the ruling established that the 14th Amendment’s requirement that states treat their citizens equally - along with the ruling in Brown v. Board that segregated schools violated the 14th Amendment - applies at the federal level as well.
The Supreme Court heard the case, Bolling v. Sharpe, as a companion to Brown v. Board of Education, and in 1954 ruled in both cases that segregation of schools was unconstitutional.
In 1950 the group's co-founder tried to enroll 11 Black students in the then-all-white Sousa Junior High, which the Consolidated Parents Group had petitioned to be an integrated school. After they were denied entry, a Howard law professor sued the DC Board of Ed. on behalf of 4 kids & their parents.
The Consolidated Parents Group was a group of parents from Anacostia who pushed for better school options for Black students in DC, including school integration.
For our final Black History Month feature of Black leaders who paved the way for DC's education system as we know it today, we're highlighting the power of parent advocacy!
