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How Adult Job Training Can Help Kids Learn
At one charter school in Washington, D.C., grown-ups work alongside children in an unusual two-generation model.
At 3 p.m. on a weekday, Briya Public Charter School on Georgia Avenue in Washington, D.C., is noisy with excitement. The school day has ended and pickup has begun. Toddlers bound out of classrooms as parents steer strollers down the narrow halls.
Briya is not just a preschool—many of the parents collecting their children are students here as well. Some took classes in English or parenting earlier in the day. Others will return tonight to study for a credential. Briya’s two-generation approach is known as family literacy, and it emphasizes parents and children learning together.