Media Coverage

Follow along with Aspire in the news! We’ll update this page periodically with our latest news and media coverage.

Featured Media Coverage

• The Hechinger Report, July 31, 2025. Read here.
• WTOP, July 28, 2025. Read here or listen to the coverage here and here.
• DC News Now, July 23, 2025. Read and watch here.
• NBC4 Washington, July 20, 2025. Watch here.
• WAMU, July 18, 2025. Read here.
• WBAL-TV 11, July 18, 2025. Watch and read here.
• CNN, July 16, 2025. Read here.
• Washington Business Journal, June 5, 2025. Read here or view as a PDF here.
• The Washington Post, June 2, 2025. Read here or view as a PDF here.
• Falls Church News Press, May 29, 2025. Read here or view the column on page two of the print/online publication.
• PBS NewsHour, May 19, 2025. Watch here.
• Virginia Public Media Daily Newscast, May 6, 2025. Listen here.
• Virginia Public Media, May 5, 2025. Read here.

Additional Media Coverage

• Democracy Forward, August 19, 2025. Read here.
• Democracy Defenders Fund, July 7, 2025. Read here.
• ARLNow, June 17, 2025. Read here.
• ARLNow, June 3, 2025. Read here.
• 730 DC, June 3, 2025. Read here.
• Democracy Forward, May 21, 2025. Read here.
• ARLNow, May 13, 2025. Read here.
• InsideNoVA, Jan 27, 2025. Read here.

Media/Press Inquiries

For media/press inquiries, please contact Aspire’s CEO, Paula Fynboh, at paula@aspireafterschool.org or 202-813-2140.