Among other things, the partnership has D.C. teachers visiting students’ neighborhoods to talk with their parents and guardians. What’s important is that D.C. schools have been doing this for five years. This school year, the program is working in 31 schools and is expected to have at least 12,000 home visits, and probably more. With financial support from the D.C. Public Schools and the Flamboyan Foundation, they use methods developed by educators in Sacramento, home of the nonprofit Parent Teacher Home Visits network. The D.C. teachers are all volunteers.

Source: Washington Post October 16, 2016 20:43 UTC