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Our Mission

We believe that all students, regardless of the public school they attend or the neighborhood they live in, deserve a world-class education supported by excellent educators.

About Us

Democrats for Education Reform DC (DFER DC) is the District’s leading political organization building a pipeline of Education Reform Champions who are committed to ensuring our public education system justly and equitably serves all students. With a network of over 10,000 District residents and supporters, we’ve propelled 24 candidates to run for local offices and trained over 100 candidates and campaign staff.

Most importantly, DFER DC, along with a non-profit policy partner organization, Education Reform Now DC, ensures electoral victories lead to substantial legislative wins for students.

A few of our student-first victories include:

  • Allocated hundreds of millions of dollars towards the Uniform Per-Student Funding Formula and enhanced funding for students “at-risk.”

  • A $38 million investment in high-impact tutoring.

  • Improved reading outcomes by providing educators with structured literacy training.

  • Creation of an equity preference in the My School DC Lottery, giving students “at-risk” a better shot of getting into the public school of their choice.

  • The treatment of all educators as first responders, so they have support to buy their own houses in DC.

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