Nearly 30 people testified Monday during the Committee on Education Performance Oversight Hearing led by Committee Chair David Grosso. District residents along with the Public Charter School Board and the Deputy Mayor for Education testified during the hearing.
Content categorized as Education
Oversight hearing on education highlights barriers for low-income students
Our leader
Phillip black praises a leader.
Street Sense Media vendors take part in hunger and homelessness awareness week
Street Sense vendors attend and showcase their talents at various events throughout DC during hunger and homelessness awareness week.
This nonprofit is training shelter residents in the tech skills they need to keep up with the workforce
Residents at the Community for Creative Nonviolence now have access to a recently refurbished computer lab, tech training, and free laptops. The program’s director aims even higher.
Remembering Vincent Reed
An homage to Vincent Reed
Bridging the Digital Divide
Lack of access to technology prohibits people experiencing homeless from applying for jobs.
Everyone needs a “gravity assist” to get through life, says NASA’s Dr. Jim Green
The longest-serving director of planetary science at NASA talks space, struggle and perseverance.
Back to School
Elizabeth Bryant talks about not passing the test to start preparing for the GED.
Coalition of employers seeks to hire hundreds of D.C. youth
On September 20th, approximately 6,800 out-of-school and unemployed D.C. youth attended the Opportunity Fair & Forum. Special resources were provided for homeless and at-risk youth.
School days
Sheila White writes about continuing her education.
Them is Us
An poem about the inequality that effects low income people living in the D.C area.
This Is How You Raise Up a Community
Street Sense Vendor Angie Whitehurst comments on the Shaw Community Center’s impact in the neighborhood.
One Mother on the Impossible Search for Affordable Housing
Daima Lewis moved her family when her daughters were accepted to the prestigious Duke Ellington School of the Arts. But she underestimated the housing market.
Schools, city find innovative ways to boost attendance as questions surround DCPS data
Schools like Tubman Elementary have found innovative ways to get kids to come to school, but with a recent investigation casting doubt on district attendance data, some education advocates are calling for changes to DCPS attendance policies.
Out There on my Own, PT 1
As I look back over my life and think things over, I can truly say that I am blessed. I am a living testimony.
My Role Model
As my boss and as a leader, George Rutherford gave me the opportunity to express my ideas and implement my plan for further education.
Public, private groups continue push to bridge D.C. digital divide
When The Overlook at Oxon Run opened in 2010, providing affordable housing to young families and seniors like Florestine Jones, it came with an added… Read more »
School Days
I”m going to school to get my General Equivalency Diploma (GED). My teacher really work with me. I’ve passed the Reading course, so I don’t… Read more »
Senator Al Franken on Ending Homelessness
Senator Al Franken sat down with Street Sense vendor Ken Martin to discuss homelessness, gentrification and Bill Maher.
Diversion program keeps kids out of prison and off the streets
Since its creation in mid-2014, the Alternative to the Court Experience diversion program has provided necessary resources to hundreds of young people while protecting them from the juvenile justice system, which experts say often fails to rehabilitate youth.
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