AJE Education Justice Attorney Nadiya Pope provided testimony at a recent hearing at the DC State Board of Education on restorative justice and student safety.  She discussed how schools in D.C. can better support student victims, especially in situations involving bullying and harassment, while still upholding the legal rights of students with disabilities. Resisting any...

In her testimony at the D.C. Council, AJE Education Justice Attorney Nadiya Pope discussed the problem of chronic absenteeism and made a direct connection between student absenteeism and families’ mistrust of the grievance system at DC Public Schools, as well as ongoing, unaddressed issues of school safety. She explained that when families raise important concerns...

On Wednesday, October 15, 2025, Advocates for Justice and Education’s Education Justice Attorney, Nadiya Pope, Esq., joined dozens of other public and private witnesses at a special oversight hearing on chronic absenteeism and truancy. These issues remain pressing concerns for Washington, D.C.’s public and public charter schools, and recent hearings by the D.C. Council have...