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- 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.
http://www.aohdc.org/
- Asian American LEAD
AALEAD provides mentoring and other services for Asian American students.
http://www.aalead.org/
- Board of Jewish Education of Greater Washington
Provides educational services to Jewish educators, institutions and individuals. Also includes information on the Center for Judaic & Educational Resources and the College of Jewish Studies.
http://www.bjedc.org/
- 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.
http://www.cbmlc.org/
- College Bound
Helps prepare DC public school students for college through tutoring, mentoring and scholarship programs. Information on enrolling, volunteering, donating, and scholarships.
http://www.collegebound.org/
- D.C. LEARNs
Coalition of organizations providing literacy services. Includes information on member organizations and newsletters.
http://www.dclearns.org/
- 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.
http://www.dcteachingfellows.org/
- 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.
http://www.dcwriterscorps.org/
- DCPS Watch
Covers local education issues and news concerning DC public schools.
http://www.dcpswatch.com/
- 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.
http://www.k12.dc.us/dcps/evenstart/es_frame.html
- EduSeed
Promotes education among historically disadvantaged groups, using models of peer mentoring and self-empowerment.
http://www.eduseed.org
- Everybody Wins! DC
Non-profit organization that promotes children's literacy by pairing students with reading mentors. Includes program description and newsletter.
http://www.everybodywinsdc.org/
- Experience Corps - Washington DC
Mobilizes teams of adults to help elementary school children in poor neighborhoods. Includes program details, awards and growth plans.
http://www.experiencecorps.org/washington/index.html
- 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.
http://www.abramsonfoundation.org/
- 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.
http://www.focus-dccharter.org/
- Goethe-Institut Washington
German cultural and information centre specializing in German language courses and cultural events.
http://www.goethe.de/uk/was/enindex.htm
- 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.
http://www.goodshepherdministries.com/
- Hands On DC
Volunteer workathon to improve public schools and raise college scholarship for local students.
http://www.handsondc.org/
- Heads Up
Organization that uses a college student work force to run education and mentoring programs for children and families in impoverished neighborhoods.
http://www.headsup-dc.org/
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