📣 PAVE Parent Leaders know that keeping our communities safe starts with making sure our kids have the supports they need to thrive! Today the #PurpleWave testified at the DC Council hearing on Public Safety to advocate for increased access to school-based mental health supports 🧵:

NEW: Our policy brief, "Thirty Years of Chartering: Reflecting on the DC School Reform Act and the Role of Single-Site Charter Schools,” outlines how DC went from educational crisis to a national leader, thanks groundbreaking School Reform Act of 1995:

Thank you to @dcpublicschools.bsky.social Chancellor Dr. Lewis Ferebee for meeting with our Parent Leaders yesterday for a conversation covering everything from sports to STEM to special education! We're so grateful for the Chancellor's partnership and leadership! 💜

This Giving Tuesday, help us support #ParentPower and @DCKidsSchools by donating to PAVE!

Yesterday our Parent Leaders met with Deputy Mayor for Education Paul Kihn to share about their collective #ParentPriorities, ask questions, and hear more about the current state of education in DC and the DME's goals and priorities for the upcoming year 💜

🎤 The #PurpleWave showed up & showed out at this week's @dcsboe meeting to advocate for the resources & supports our babies need to thrive in school and beyond! 🧵:

🎉 We're celebrating the launch of the Capital Math Collective, which is driving math achievement for our kids through: 🧑‍🏫 Specialized training for more than 2,000 DC math educators 📚 High-impact tutoring for over 6,000 students 📈 Sharing best practices across schools in both sectors

Math is everywhere - and PAVE Parent Leaders know that EVERYONE can be a “math person” with the right mindset & support! 🧮✖️➗➕➖

Today we're honoring all those who have served our country. Thank you for your service and your sacrifice 💜🇺🇸

📈📚 DC is leading the nation in academic growth thanks to our continued investments in what we know works for kids - like high-impact tutoring (HIT)! 📚📈

Last week we attended a screening of Left Behind, a powerful documentary about the group of moms who founded the 1st public school for dyslexia in New York City. We were inspired by the #ParentPower & the emphasis on literacy best practices that work for all kids, especially those with dyslexia 💜

💜📰 Our founder & Executive Director Maya Martin Cadogan was quoted in a recent @washingtonpost.com article about KIPP DC and the future of education in DC!

PAVE was founded in 2016 with a clear vision for our education system: one where parents have a voice and a choice, and are seen as partners and leaders in developing a diversity of safe, nurturing, and great schools for ALL kids in DC.

Yesterday we celebrated @empowerk12.bsky.social 's Bold Schools! These schools prove excellence isn’t a matter of circumstance, it’s a matter of systems, culture, & care. From data-driven instruction to joyful learning environments, they’re setting the bar for what’s possible in education in DC. 👏🏾📚💜

For our kids to thrive, we need safe, reliable transportation to school for ALL our students! 📣 PAVE Parent Leaders testified at yesterday's oversight hearing for OSSE's Division of Student Transportation! Some highlights of the improvements they would like to see 🧵:

Today at the #PLEKickoff25 I met a new advocate in arms, Patricia! We really enjoyed conversing with one another and sharing our stories! #parentpower #purplewave #advocacyisourpowerfulvoice @dcpave.bsky.social

The #PurpleWave has assembled for our 2025-26 PLE Board Kickoff! 🥳💜 #PLEKickoff25 #ParentPower

💜 One thing about the #PurpleWave : we will ALWAYS show up for our kids! 💜 Yesterday we testified at the Committee of the Whole hearing on Chronic Absenteeism 🧵

Today we honor Indigenous People’s Day, recognizing the history, contributions, and culture of the first inhabitants of the lands we now call home.

We won an Eddie from @pienetwork.bsky.social! 🎉 High-Impact tutoring has made a world of difference for DC students, and we’re proud to have worked with @dcpolicycenter.bsky.social, @edforwarddc.bsky.social, @empowerk12.bsky.social, & @dcpave.bsky.social to bring this program to life.

🌟 We are thrilled to have been awarded the Best Implementation Award from @pienetwork.bsky.social for our work on High-Impact Tutoring with @dccharters.bsky.social , @edforwarddc.bsky.social , @empowerk12.bsky.social, and @dcpave.bsky.social! ➡️ Read more: ow.ly/CfBh50X97m7

This Hispanic Heritage Month, we're celebrating the voices, cultures, and leadership of Hispanic and Latino/a people, especially our incredible Parent Leaders who advocate every day for stronger schools and brighter futures for all DC kids! ✊🏽📚 #HispanicHeritageMonth #ParentPower #FamiliasUnidas

The PAVE team is in Atlanta this week for the @pienetwork.bsky.social Summit! First up: our ED Maya Martin Cadogan moderating a discussion on how states are shaping the future of education. We loved hearing from this all-women panel of education policy leaders! #PIESummit25

Hey students! How have your weeks of school been? How can we help lift up your needs - be they safety, mental health or academic?! Register today to share at our upcoming town-hall event: http://bit.ly/4pmYat8. Deadline to register is October 5.

Attention students! We want to know how your school year has started off! Come tell us at our October 8 listening session :) Sign up today: http://bit.ly/4pmYat8. Eager to hear from y'all! Deadline to register is October 5. More details ⬇️

👀 Have you spotted the #PurpleWave out in the community recently? In just the past week, PAVE Parent Leaders were at: 💜 McKinley Tech's Back-to-School Night 💜 LEARN DC's Caretakers Corner 💜 @cmcharlesallen.bsky.social 's Ward 6 Neighborhood Office Hours 💜 @cmzparker5.bsky.social ‘s Ward 5 Day

We are excited to celebrate the official launch of DC Kids and Schools, a campaign to tell the story of education in DC and share the pillars of our success across the nation!

Our Citywide and Advisory Parent Leaders in Education (PLE) Boards are ready for another year of #ParentPower! We can't wait to see all that these incredible Parent Leaders accomplish for DC kids this year 💜

Happy Labor Day! We hope you're taking today to enjoy some well-deserved rest, like these #NextGenAdvocates 😎✌🏾💜

PAVE Parent Leaders have been putting in the WORK to support our community this back-to-school season!

🏫📚🎉 Wishing everyone a joyful start of the school year, DC! 🎉📚🏫 Sending extra love and light to all of the students, families, and educators coming back to school today! We’re so excited for all the learning and growing that will happen for our kids this year 💜

🚨📣 Attention: Wards 1 & 2 📣🚨 Join us and @DC_Advocate for a virtual Student Safety Conversation! 📆 Tuesday, July 22nd ⏰ 6:00 pm 💻 Zoom 🔗 RSVP here: bit.ly/ward1and2

🗳️🚨 WARD 8 RESIDENTS: Get ready to vote for your Councilmember in the upcoming Special Election! 🚨🗳️ Whichever way works best for you, make sure you cast your vote! Get more information about when, where, and how to vote here: dcgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant... 💜 #Vote4DCKids

This Independence Day, we're reflecting on the words shared by abolitionist Frederick Douglass in his speech, "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?"

📣 Announcing our newest report on academics in DC – a parent-powered roadmap for how our city (that should be a state) can build on our progress in student learning so every child gets the education they deserve! 🔗 Read the report here: link.dcpave.org/Academics-in...

Today as we commemorate and celebrate #Juneteenth, we honor the resilience and brilliance of Black Americans - and recognize that there is still more to do to achieve true freedom and equity for ALL people, in our education system and in our country as a whole.

PAVE Parent Leaders know that for our kids to succeed in school, we first need to get them to school safely! That's why the #PurpleWave turned out to advocate for #SafePassage at TWO budget oversight hearings this week 📣🚌 🧵:

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads and father figures!! Thank you for all that you do for your kids every day 💜 We hope you have an amazing day, you deserve it!

🏛️💜 PAVE Parent Leaders are back on the Hill! Our Parent Leaders were excited to partner with National Parent Union to share with Senate offices about how cuts to benefits like Medicaid and SNAP/TANF will affect education.

The future is BRIGHT in Ward 8! 💡Students showed up & showed OUT at last night's Ward 8 Special Election Youth-Led Candidate Forum, asking great questions & demonstrating the power of youth voice ✊🏾📣💜 So inspired by this next gen of Washingtonians who will #Vote4DCKids !

Had an amazing time joining @dcbilingual.bsky.social’s Fun Run and Community Festival! 🏃🏾‍♀️🎉 Honored to receive DC Bilingual and @dcpave.bsky.social’s Community Leader Award — proud to stand with families fighting for safer streets and better public transit!

#FlashbackFriday: From #WeNeed25 to My Out-of-School Time DC, check out the highlights from PAVE's advocacy around OST programming! 🧵:

One thing about PAVE Parent Leaders: they're going to advocate for #SafePassage every chance they get! 📣💜 We're continuing our conversations out in the community about how we can improve safety for our kids, especially as they travel to and from school!

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week from the PAVE family! Thank you to all the educators who work so hard to support our babies - the future of our city (that should be a state!) 💜

Our Parent Leaders were out & about last week with our fellow community members & partners! Some highlights from a busy week of advocacy 🧵:

For our kids to be able to learn, they have to be safe at school! PAVE Parent Leaders gave POWERFUL testimony around student safety & wellbeing at last night's @dcsboe.bsky.social meeting 🧵:

Thank you @cmbrookepinto.bsky.social for including PAVE Parent Leaders' Safe Passage policy solutions in the Safe Passage Training and School Engagement Act of 2025 - and for the shoutout in today’s hearing! 💜

Today we honor the 163rd anniversary of Emancipation Day. On this day in 1862, over 3,000 enslaved people in DC were freed from bondage, 8 months before the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. Learn more here: emancipation.dc.gov/page/history...

WHAT PARENTS KNOW: If kids can’t get to and from school safely, they won’t be in school. PAVE Parent Leaders have been out & about advocating for #safepassage across DC! Highlights from this week 🧵:

Citywide & Ward 1 PLE Board member @reneeydavis-marcel.bsky.social dropped the 🎤 on @aspeninstitute.bsky.social ‘s panel on career & connectedness! She shared about the difference OST made for her - programs helped her kids with autism & special needs explore their passions & build independence