In 2020, you as friends of One World stepped up to provide $50,000 in individual donations to underwrite our Pandemic Response Project. It changed students’ lives. Please take a minute to remember some of the highlights from the year that’s passed. Drew Anderson’s instructional videos were one of many One World highlights from 2020. Mark […]
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One World usually hosts three PD sessions, at central locations like UNCF, for teachers from across the city to attend at the beginning of the school year. With this year’s COVID-19 outbreak though, One World has switched to hosting individual PD sessions on Zoom for all its partner schools. It’s been great to see how […]
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During professional development sessions throughout September and early October, we have repeatedly heard administrators and experienced teachers telling their new colleagues about all the ways the One World Program could help them, their students, and their entire school community. “Last year, our students spoke about deeply personal issues like domestic violence,” said Meridian PCS principal […]
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“The new One World instructional videos are fabulous,” Washington Latin Director of Academics Lacy Peale recently told her teachers during their remote One World Professional Development (PD) training. “Your students will love watching One World’s performing artist Drew Anderson and they’ll learn something too. The videos cover eight things students have to learn in writing […]
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One World CEO Eric Goldstein announced on Labor Day that the One World 50 in 50 Challenge had come to a successful conclusion. With a last-minute burst of activity, One World raised $52,816 from 108 donors, 57 of whom were donating to the organization for the first time. We deeply appreciate your support in this […]
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As August comes to an end, the One World Pandemic Response (PRP) Campaign has raised $43,367 from 83 different donors. With a week left in the campaign, the organization’s $50,000 goal is well within sight. The organization deeply appreciates how its supporters have stood by us during these difficult times. Keep an eye out for […]
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Only a quarter of middle and high school students write for half an hour a day, according to a new research brief from the Learning Agency Lab. The report also documents how the scant attention to writing in schools now results in serious costs to society down the road.
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The DC Office of the State Superintendent announced earlier this week that One World will receive one of its coveted OSSE SOAR grants for the fifth consecutive year. OSSE funding will underwrite One World working with ten schools and more than 2,000 students.
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On July 1, One World launched its 50 in 50 Campaign to pay for its Pandemic Response Project. Bad times have brought out the best in One World supporters. Two weeks into the campaign, One World is more than halfway to its goal, having raised more than $26,000 of funding that is being matched dollar […]
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