Public education will never be the same.
16
Years of targeted innovation
$191M
Raised from the philanthropic community
Results
The fastest improving urban district in the last decade.
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Sometimes having real impact means reimagining what’s possible.
We raise major start-up capital to test and scale bold ideas for DC Public Schools.
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“DC Reading Clinic (DCRC) has been the most important training I’ve had as an educator. I only wish it had happened at the beginning of my career because it would’ve accelerated so many struggling readers.”
Teacher Alumni
DC Reading Clinic