90%
of Schools Make Gains
December 20, 2024
The One World Program trains teachers who implement our curriculum in their classrooms, guiding students as they learn how to research and write essays and turn them into presentations for their communities. One World Program students:
The program provides teachers in DC and the surrounding area with materials and support to improve their instruction of research and writing for students in grades 5-12 and adult learners.
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In the One World Academy, our teachers deliver an expanded version of our curriculum to middle school students in the fall and spring, preparing learners for an important academic transition. In addition to the in-school benefits, One World Academy students:
It is offered to students from all DC schools at UNCF downtown, as well as at Friendship Southeast PCS, providing the same rich experience without the travel barriers of a cross-city commute.
Read MoreWatch One World students Caden (left) and Nyla (center), and their mothers, talk about how the program has improved their writing and changed their lives. Then hear why past program participant Ben Acquah has come back every year for the last five years to mentor younger students at the One World Academy.
A two-year World Bank evaluation of One World’s impact showed that 90% of schools using the program make statistically significant gains.
of Schools Make Gains
Students Served
DC’s Largest Writing Program
Library of Congress Best Practices Honoree
“When I was younger, I was abused,” Gabriella Decker, an 8th grader from Inspired Teaching PCS, writes. “No one gets to choose who they are born to, and who I was born to was a horrible person.” Gabriella went on to be adopted by a wonderful mother, but she knows that when it comes to funding support for cases like hers, Human Services comes up woefully short. That’s why she investigated the US Defense Budget and determined how much could be removed to support children like herself. The amount she wants to shift, she says, “is not even a dent in the budget for our military. These monthly visits could save kids, and without the safety of the future kids, then there is no future at all.”
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