PAVE (Parents Amplifying Voices in Education)
@dcpave.bsky.social
PAVE connects, informs, and empowers parent leaders to give families in DC a voice and a choice in the vision for education in our city.
❄️💜 Winter Break is fast approaching, but PAVE Parent Leaders aren't done advocating for our kids!
Highlights from last night's @dcsboe meeting 🧵:
Highlights from last night's @dcsboe meeting 🧵:
December 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
❄️💜 Winter Break is fast approaching, but PAVE Parent Leaders aren't done advocating for our kids!
Highlights from last night's @dcsboe meeting 🧵:
Highlights from last night's @dcsboe meeting 🧵:
Shoutout to all the Parent Leaders who attended, and THANK YOU to Samantha Thompson-Milton of Friendship Public Charter School for sharing her expertise with us! 💜
December 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Shoutout to all the Parent Leaders who attended, and THANK YOU to Samantha Thompson-Milton of Friendship Public Charter School for sharing her expertise with us! 💜
📚 Reading is 🔑 to our kids' success in school AND in life! 📚
We had SO much festive fun & learned a lot at our fall Literacy Night! PAVE Parent Leaders showed up & showed out for a deep dive on reading instruction in DC, resources to support their child's literacy, & some extra holiday cheer 🎄
We had SO much festive fun & learned a lot at our fall Literacy Night! PAVE Parent Leaders showed up & showed out for a deep dive on reading instruction in DC, resources to support their child's literacy, & some extra holiday cheer 🎄
December 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
📚 Reading is 🔑 to our kids' success in school AND in life! 📚
We had SO much festive fun & learned a lot at our fall Literacy Night! PAVE Parent Leaders showed up & showed out for a deep dive on reading instruction in DC, resources to support their child's literacy, & some extra holiday cheer 🎄
We had SO much festive fun & learned a lot at our fall Literacy Night! PAVE Parent Leaders showed up & showed out for a deep dive on reading instruction in DC, resources to support their child's literacy, & some extra holiday cheer 🎄
🚨 Attention parents: the 2024-25 DC School Report Card is here! 🚨
📊 The Report Card breaks down statewide and school-specific data on academic growth and achievement, attendance, college & career readiness, school climate, and more!
📊 The Report Card breaks down statewide and school-specific data on academic growth and achievement, attendance, college & career readiness, school climate, and more!
December 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
🚨 Attention parents: the 2024-25 DC School Report Card is here! 🚨
📊 The Report Card breaks down statewide and school-specific data on academic growth and achievement, attendance, college & career readiness, school climate, and more!
📊 The Report Card breaks down statewide and school-specific data on academic growth and achievement, attendance, college & career readiness, school climate, and more!
📣 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 🧵:
Today the #PurpleWave testified at the DC Council hearing on Public Safety to advocate for increased access to school-based mental health supports 🧵:
December 5, 2025 at 1:53 AM
📣 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 🧵:
Today the #PurpleWave testified at the DC Council hearing on Public Safety to advocate for increased access to school-based mental health supports 🧵:
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! 💜
December 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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! 💜
Our coalition has been hard at work highlighting DC’s growth and opening our doors so other cities & states can learn from us. By giving to PAVE in honor of DC Kids and Schools, you're helping us bring together leaders & policymakers with parents & communities to make our schools stronger.
December 2, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Our coalition has been hard at work highlighting DC’s growth and opening our doors so other cities & states can learn from us. By giving to PAVE in honor of DC Kids and Schools, you're helping us bring together leaders & policymakers with parents & communities to make our schools stronger.
DC’s education ecosystem — with parents as leaders in our policy and advocacy wins alongside school leaders, systems leaders, and students — shows what’s possible when communities come together.
December 2, 2025 at 10:34 PM
DC’s education ecosystem — with parents as leaders in our policy and advocacy wins alongside school leaders, systems leaders, and students — shows what’s possible when communities come together.
DC is closing opportunity gaps and leading the way in 4 key pillars:
🏫 Highest parent satisfaction with our school choice system
📚 Fastest math & reading growth in the country
🎓 Career-connected experiences for students in every high school
🖍️ Universal PreK with 95% of 4 year olds enrolled
🏫 Highest parent satisfaction with our school choice system
📚 Fastest math & reading growth in the country
🎓 Career-connected experiences for students in every high school
🖍️ Universal PreK with 95% of 4 year olds enrolled
December 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
DC is closing opportunity gaps and leading the way in 4 key pillars:
🏫 Highest parent satisfaction with our school choice system
📚 Fastest math & reading growth in the country
🎓 Career-connected experiences for students in every high school
🖍️ Universal PreK with 95% of 4 year olds enrolled
🏫 Highest parent satisfaction with our school choice system
📚 Fastest math & reading growth in the country
🎓 Career-connected experiences for students in every high school
🖍️ Universal PreK with 95% of 4 year olds enrolled
Earlier this year, we launched DC Kids and Schools — a campaign sharing about the promise and people behind DC’s progress in education: our educators, our students, our families, our school leaders, our policymakers, and our communities who made progress possible.
December 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Earlier this year, we launched DC Kids and Schools — a campaign sharing about the promise and people behind DC’s progress in education: our educators, our students, our families, our school leaders, our policymakers, and our communities who made progress possible.
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 💜
November 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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 💜
Shoutout to all the Parent Leaders who testified! #ParentPower
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Shoutout to all the Parent Leaders who testified! #ParentPower
🎤 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! 🧵:
November 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
🎤 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
🧑🏫 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
November 18, 2025 at 8:38 PM
🎉 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
🧑🏫 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
Special thanks to our expert panelists, Pat Brantley from Friendship PCS and Josh Boots from @empowerk12.bsky.social 💜
November 13, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Special thanks to our expert panelists, Pat Brantley from Friendship PCS and Josh Boots from @empowerk12.bsky.social 💜
At our Math Night, Parent Leaders learned more about why math is so critical for student success, how to support their kids with math and make it FUN, the current state of math in DC, and where we need to go next to keep up the gains for our kids & schools!
November 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
At our Math Night, Parent Leaders learned more about why math is so critical for student success, how to support their kids with math and make it FUN, the current state of math in DC, and where we need to go next to keep up the gains for our kids & schools!
Math is everywhere - and PAVE Parent Leaders know that EVERYONE can be a “math person” with the right mindset & support! 🧮✖️➗➕➖
November 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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 💜🇺🇸
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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)! 📚📈
November 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
📈📚 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 💜
November 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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!
November 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
💜📰 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!
Here’s to the next chapter of parent power and partnership in education. Let’s do this for our kids—TOGETHER!
#ParentPower #DCKidsAndSchools
#ParentPower #DCKidsAndSchools
October 31, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Here’s to the next chapter of parent power and partnership in education. Let’s do this for our kids—TOGETHER!
#ParentPower #DCKidsAndSchools
#ParentPower #DCKidsAndSchools
Now, as the host of DC Kids and Schools, we’re so proud to have our Parent Leaders at the table with leaders from all parts of the system, celebrating the robust system of school choice in DC and making sure parents have a voice in what the next 30 years will look like!
October 31, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Now, as the host of DC Kids and Schools, we’re so proud to have our Parent Leaders at the table with leaders from all parts of the system, celebrating the robust system of school choice in DC and making sure parents have a voice in what the next 30 years will look like!
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.
October 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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. 👏🏾📚💜
October 30, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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. 👏🏾📚💜