Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.

– Marian Wright Edelman (1939-Present)

Free the child’s potential, and you will transform him into the world.

– Maria Montessori (1870-1952)

This week, as countless high school seniors decide where they will spend their college years, we would like to recognize our Education non-profits — many of whom work tirelessly to remove all obstacles on the road to college for young scholars in Greater Washington. In the words of Rassan Salandy of The Posse Foundation‘s National Office, we are “working to develop a new kind of leadership network in the United States — one that will better represent the nation’s shifting demographics at the tables where decisions are made.” It’s a truly crucial assignment!