Watch 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
engages students and drives achievement.
We transform students into writers with voice, knowledge, and purpose.
Teachers experience the program as students
Teaches research, writing, and presentation skills
Students apply what they learn after every lesson
Every unit contains a pre- and post-assessment
During the fall, the One World Program teaches basic skills – every step of the writing process – but also builds students’ knowledge and critical thinking while drawing out their innate potential and brilliance.
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We provide a customized version of the One World Program that features topics geared more directly to the interests of older learners. All of DC’s largest adult learning centers now use the One World Program.
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In the spring, 75 select middle and high school students work in our after-school One World Academy to turn their stellar essays into compelling oral presentations.
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The Academy culminates with the One World Challenge. Students compete for $10,000 in college scholarships and academic prizes at the National Housing Center.
Learn MoreBrizel Martinez-Cruz, an 8th grader at Meridian PCS when she wrote this in 2021, outlines what parents and educators need to know to prevent teen suicide. There are warning signs. Pay attention, she pleads. When young people are withdrawing socially, experiencing mood swings, doing drugs/alcohol, and talking about suicide, they are at risk.
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