Education

See also:

• Regional: North America: United States: Maryland: Education  (69)
• Regional: North America: United States: Regions: Northeast: Education  (1)
• Regional: North America: United States: Virginia: Education  (113)

Academy of Hope - - Helps low-income and at-risk adults earn high school credentials, improve math and reading skills, and learn how to use and apply computer technologies. Includes programs and services, news, volunteer opportunities and directions.

American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education - - Includes news, publications, meetings, teacher preparation information, professional development, and state chapters.

Asian American LEAD - - AALEAD provides mentoring and other services for Asian American students.

The Black Student Fund - - Offers scholarships and support to low-income African-American children at participating schools, grades K-12, in the metropolitan area. Features programs, news, member schools and events.

Calvary Bilingual Multicultural Learning Center - - Child development center offers programs for infancy through school age, as well as family support services, for more than 400 children and families in the Columbia Heights, Mt. Pleasant, and Shaw neighborhoods.

CAM Counseling & Educational Services, Inc. - - Offers tutoring, counseling and computer training services.

Carlos Rosario International School - - An adult charter school for members of immigrant communities in Washington. Provides training in English as a Second Language, literacy, GED, citizenship and computer applications.

Cesar Chavez Public Charter High School for Public Policy - - Secondary education with a focus on public policy careers and community involvement.

Children & Youth Investment Trust Corporation - - An independent non-profit organization working to increase the quality, quantity and accessibility of services for children, youth and families. Program details and grant process.

College Bound - - Helps prepare DC public school students for college through tutoring, mentoring and scholarship programs. Information on enrolling, volunteering, donating, and scholarships.

The Collins Foundation - - Provides scholarship grants to Catholic high school students living in the Archdiocese of Washington, DC.

D.C. LEARNs - - Coalition of organizations providing literacy services. Includes information on member organizations and newsletters.

DC Teaching Fellows - - Program recruits professional teachers to teach in the DC public schools. Fellows hold full-time teacher jobs while earning their certification and Masters' degrees. Applications accepted online.

DC Tuition Assistance Grant Program - - Provides the opportunity for residents to attend a wide range of colleges through financial aid.

DC VOICE - District Community Voices Organized and Informed for Change in Education - - Group of education activists concerned about public education in DC. Includes news, background information, and publications.

DC WritersCorps - - Sends local writers to run creative writing workshops in DC middle/junior high schools, with students participating in local poetry readings and competitions.

DCPS Watch - - Covers local education issues and news concerning DC public schools.

District of Columbia College Access Program - DC CAP - - Encourages and enables public high school students to enter and graduate from college. Includes services, guides for students and parents, financial aid information, news and events.

District of Columbia Even Start Family Literacy Initiative - - Helps break the cycle of poverty and illiteracy by integrating early childhood education, adult literacy and basic education, and parenting education into a unified literacy program. Includes programs, events and news.

District of Columbia Public School System - - District news and information for students and parents and an index of schools.

EduSeed - - Promotes education among historically disadvantaged groups, using models of peer mentoring and self-empowerment.

Everybody Wins! DC - - Non-profit organization that promotes children's literacy by pairing students with reading mentors. Includes program description and newsletter.

Experience Corps - Washington DC - - Mobilizes teams of adults to help elementary school children in poor neighborhoods. Includes program details, awards and growth plans.

FixOurSchools.net - - Focusing public attention on DC's crumbling school buildings by allowing the posting of photos showing areas in DC public schools that require repair. Photographs and issues by facility, calendar and how to help.

Fredrick B. Abramson Memorial Foundation - - Awards college scholarships to DC public high school students and fellowships to young lawyers for a year of public-interest legal service.

Friends of Choice in Urban Schools - - FOCUS promotes public charter schools in Washington, DC. Includes a directory of charter schools, guidance on starting a charter school, background information and current news.

Friends of Tyler School Tutoring & Computer Center - - Sponsors a tutoring program, a computer center and other activities for children in the Tyler School district on Capitol Hill.

Goethe-Institut Washington - - German cultural and information centre specializing in German language courses and cultural events.

Good Shepherd Ministries - - Offers after-school educational programs for youth from low-income Jubilee Housing apartments in the Adams-Morgan community. Includes programs, volunteer opportunities and an annual report.

Hands On DC - - Volunteer workathon to improve public schools and raise college scholarship for local students.

Heads Up - - Organization that uses a college student work force to run education and mentoring programs for children and families in impoverished neighborhoods.

Higher Achievement Program - - Developing academic skills, behaviors, and attitudes in academically motivated and underserved middle school children. Program, organization, volunteering, results and center locations.

Home School Consultation - - Provides support services for parents interested in home schooling. Includes costs and contact information.

ICLS Language Training Services - - ICLS offers courses in ESL and over 70 languages, TOEFL preparation, and evening programs in English, Spanish and French.

Lado International College - - English language school both for those trying to learn English and those seeking the TEFL teaching certificate.

Les Aspin Center for Government - - Enrolls students for a semester or the summer to take classes and intern in Washington. Founded by Marquette University. Includes application information, faculty listing, and program description.

Linking Communities for Educational Success Inc. - - Provides at-risk teens in Southeast with academic support and leadership training. Calendar, news and contributors.

Literacy Volunteers of the National Capital Area - - Provides free tutoring to adults who cannot read. Features volunteer opportunities and events.

Mentors, Inc - - A private, nonprofit organization that pairs Washington, DC public high school students with trained adult mentors.

Metropolitan/Delta Adult Literacy Council, Inc. - - Works to enable adults and families to acquire basic level literacy skills, including reading, writing, listening, speaking, mathematics, and technology. Includes events, programs, schedules and a newsletter.

Model Secondary School for the Deaf - - Located at Gallaudet University. Provides a day and residential four-year high school program for students ages 14 through 21 from various states and United States territories. Enrollment ranges from 250 to 300 students.

The Parent Pages - - Parent resource phonebook for metro Washington DC. Lists contact information for preschools, childcare, schools, camps, entertainment, medical services, recreation, and children's activities.

Parents United for the D.C. Public Schools - - Provides information to parents and interested citizens about hearings, school board meetings, events and changes within the D.C. school system.

Paul Berry Academic Scholarship Foundation, Inc. - - To provide minority students in the Washington metropolitan area with the opportunity to attend private schools in grades seven through twelve. Events, application procedure, contact information.

ReSET Online - - Strives to inspire and motivate children within the classroom structure to immerse themselves in the wonders of science and math.

The SEED Foundation - - a national nonprofit that partners with urban communities to provide innovative educational opportunities. History, information about SEED schools and how to help.

Sonja I. Smith - - Consultant and reading specialist offering tutoring and educational diagnostic testing services.

Spanish Education Development Center - - Non-profit organization dedicated to designing and implementing educational programs for the low-income residents of the DC metro area. Programs are primarily for immigrants from Latin America. Pre-school, adult education, and volunteer opportunities.

State Education Office - - Its responsibilities include administering nutrition programs, such as the school lunch program, and financial aid programs, such as the DC Tuition Assistance Grant Program for college study. Includes news, reports, legislation, program information, and links to web sites related to local education.

Tenley Study Center - - Offers programs for young men between the ages of 15 and 25, including SAT preparation and academic review of math and English, followed by character-building lectures and sports.

Twenty-First Century School Fund - - Organization dedicated to building the public will and capacity to improve urban public school facilities. History, programs, news and publications.

Washington Metropolitan Scholars - - WMS provides private college scholarship for African American students in the Washington metropolitan area. Includes information on programs, eligibility, ways to donate.

Washington Post: Education - - News articles and columns on education in the area.

Washington Post: School Readiness Primer - - Describes kindergarten programs in Washington, DC, metro area schools.

Washington Scholarship Fund - - Provides low-income families with partial scholarships for private school tuition. Includes application in English and Spanish and information on donating, volunteering, and interning.