Turning the Page

Turning the Page links public schools, families and our community so that, together, we can ensure students receive valuable educational resources and high-quality public education.

Turning the Page was founded in Washington, D.C. in January 1998 by a group of young professionals. Motivated by the visible needs of under-served Washington, D.C. Public School students and intent to positively impact the community, Turning the Page founders sought to increase educational outcomes for these students and their families.

After visiting schools and talking with teachers, librarians, parents, local and national education and community groups, the founders consistently heard that 1) more supports were needed for parents to be involved in these schools and 2) that access to learning materials in the home and school could be improved. Early on, trust and access became the two main principles of Turning the Page’s emerging work.

From that time, Turning the Page’s vision has unfolded into an organization making a difference in the lives of students, parents and teachers in D.C. and now Chicago.