by TTP Staff | May 13, 2016 | News & Events
“The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.” ― Herbert Spencer, Philosopher This spring, Turning the Page staff supported the efforts of parent leaders from Ward 8 schools to testify at DC Public Schools’ Budget Oversight Hearing for the City Council’s...
by TTP Staff | Apr 21, 2016 | News & Events
When I talk to most people about D.C., they think of our Nation’s Capital: the monuments and the Mall, the lobbyists and the legislature, the politics and the President. They rarely think of the local people and their school-aged kids, what I like to think of as the...
by TTP Staff | Apr 15, 2016 | News & Events
Over the past few weeks in Chicago, Turning the Page hosted numerous authors at our partner schools for this semester’s Author Visits. At LEARN Charter (Romano-Butler campus), we hosted Illinois Arts Council Fellowship Award winner and former LEARN teacher Jen...
by TTP Staff | Apr 1, 2016 | News & Events
AmeriCorps VISTAs serve nationally to strengthen local organizations that serve low income communities. At both Turning the Page sites in DC and Chicago, they’re fundamental to bolstering partnerships with parents and school staff and forging long-lasting...
by TTP Staff | Mar 24, 2016 | News & Events
AmeriCorps VISTAs serve nationally to strengthen local organizations that serve low income communities. At Turning the Page, they’re fundamental to bolstering partnerships with parents and school staff and forging long-lasting relationships with local nonprofits,...
by TTP Staff | Mar 18, 2016 | News & Events
After Pam and Jerome attended their first Community Night, they were hooked! Bringing their sons Jawan and Derrion with them, Pam enjoys learning new things. “Every time I come to Community Night I learn something new,” she adds. “It’s information that I pass on...
