90%
of Schools Make Gains
November 13, 2024
The One World Program trains teachers who implement our curriculum in their classrooms, guiding students as they learn how to research and write essays and turn them into presentations for their communities. One World Program students:
The program provides teachers in DC and the surrounding area with materials and support to improve their instruction of research and writing for students in grades 5-12 and adult learners.
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In the One World Academy, our teachers deliver an expanded version of our curriculum to middle school students in the fall and spring, preparing learners for an important academic transition. In addition to the in-school benefits, One World Academy students:
It is offered to students from all DC schools at UNCF downtown, as well as at Friendship Southeast PCS, providing the same rich experience without the travel barriers of a cross-city commute.
Read MoreWatch One World students Caden (left) and Nyla (center), and their mothers, talk about how the program has improved their writing and changed their lives. Then hear why past program participant Ben Acquah has come back every year for the last five years to mentor younger students at the One World Academy.
A two-year World Bank evaluation of One World’s impact showed that 90% of schools using the program make statistically significant gains.
of Schools Make Gains
Students Served
DC’s Largest Writing Program
Library of Congress Best Practices Honoree
Parker Mullen, an 8th grader from Inspired Teaching PCS, lives near Gallaudet University, the only liberal arts university in the world designed for Deaf students. It spurred him to wonder about audism—prejudice against people who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHOH.) He was struck by the story of a Deaf woman whose hearing colleagues dismissed her requests to know what they were talking about, saying, “I’ll tell you later.” He learned that even in 2024, hearing students bully DHOH students. Parker also learned that the world doesn’t need to stay this way. He proposes that if schools and workplaces work to connect hearing and DHOH people, with field trips, American Sign Language classes, and spaces for socialization, “audism will slowly fade away into a speck of the past.”
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