20/20 Vision for Schools exists to transform public education within a single generation of students. We achieve our purpose by inspiring and mobilizing Community Stakeholders to partner for education reform.
Visualize Schools with 20/20 Vision
case studies / resources

Visualize Schools with 20/20 Vision

by Jeremy Del Rio on Dec 19, 2011 • No Comments
What Does 20/20 Actually Look Like? It’s hard sometimes to visualize a paradigm. 20/20 Vision for Schools case studies bring the School Engagement Paradigm to life by profiling on-the-ground stakeholders engaging local students and schools in various ways. PS 34′s 20/20 Vision Prototype Stakeholders: Abounding Grace Ministries and Generation Xcel...
Serve, not just services
adopt / churches / engagement / Uncategorized

Serve, not just services

by Jeremy Del Rio on Dec 13, 2011 • No Comments
By now you’ve heard the news. Churches are being evicted from New York City schools. True or False? Both. First the bad news. After fighting for a decade to expel churches from holding services in schools, Mayor Bloomberg seemed to prevail last week when the Supreme Court allowed New York...
Expressing Thanksgiving for Schools
appreciation / service

Expressing Thanksgiving for Schools

by Jeremy Del Rio on Nov 15, 2011 • No Comments
Urban Youth Workers Institute celebrates schools this month in a guest post by 20/20 Vision for Schools director Jeremy Del Rio. Help us brainstorm creative ways to express thanksgiving for/to schools tangibly this season (and beyond).  Here are our initial ideas. In the short week before Thanksgiving, bring breakfast to...
NYC DOE Celebrates PS 102 Mural
DOE / ps 102

NYC DOE Celebrates PS 102 Mural

by Jeremy Del Rio on Oct 13, 2011 • No Comments
20/20 Vision for Schools practices what we preach, building a “resume of trust” with the New York City Department of Education by serving schools in meaningful ways. This week the DOE features the “Welcome to PS 102″ mural documentary on its website homepage. Watch the documentary on DOE’s website here.
"Welcome to PS 102" - The Documentary Experience
ps 102 / resources / videos

“Welcome to PS 102″ – The Documentary Experience

by Jeremy Del Rio on Sep 7, 2011 • No Comments
The “Welcome to PS 102″ documentary experience is now available online thanks to the brilliant 20/20 Vision for Schools intern Jordan Cortese! Watch it here. Track the entire PS 102 Mural from start to finish at the project blog, complete with photos, design sketches, student submissions, and more.
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"I Am ... Now" Performing Arts Club launches at Jamaica High School Today
i am now / jamaica high school / videos / Young Life

“I Am … Now” Performing Arts Club launches at Jamaica High School Today

by Jeremy Del Rio on Feb 3, 2012 • No Comments
20/20 Vision for Schools and Young Life launch the “I Am … Now” performing arts-based student leadership club at Jamaica High School today, along with local partners Greater Allen Cathedral, Bethel Gospel Tabernacle, Calvary Baptist, The Towles Group, and Beauty of the Heart.  Here’s a video highlighting the January 10 “I Am … Now” preview...
Testimony before the NY City Council Education Committee
DOE / nyc council

Testimony before the NY City Council Education Committee

by Jeremy Del Rio on Feb 3, 2012 • No Comments
On February 2, 2012, Jeremy Del Rio represented 20/20 Vision for Schools as a witness on congregation and school partnerships at the NY City Council Education Committee hearing concerning the Department of Education’s pending eviction of sixty-eight congregations from schools on February 12. Below is his prepared statement in support of Resolution 1155. _______________ February...
January 29 Brooklyn Bridge March & Related Media
fliers / media / videos

January 29 Brooklyn Bridge March & Related Media

by Jeremy Del Rio on Jan 26, 2012 • No Comments
UPDATE, 1/31/12: The January 29 march generated a fair amount of media coverage. Below are several of the stories: WORLDmag.com | NYC pastor faces eviction from community he loves to serve (Profile of Abounding Grace pastor Richard Del Rio and 20/20 executive director Jeremy Del Rio). Huckabee: War on common sense? (From Mike Huckabee’s opening monologue: ”Now that...
Protest and Invest: Statement on the NYC School/Church Eviction Controversy
cnn / media advisory / videos

Protest and Invest: Statement on the NYC School/Church Eviction Controversy

by Jeremy Del Rio on Jan 12, 2012 • No Comments
MEDIA ADVISORY January 12, 2012 Contact: Jeremy Del Rio (347) 921-4426 20/20 Vision for Schools stands in solidarity with the sixty-eight congregations scheduled for eviction from New York City public schools a month from today, February 12, 2012. We join our voice with theirs to urge Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Chancellor Dennis Walcott, and the City...
I Am Now: 20/20 launches arts-based leadership program at Jamaica High School
i am now / jamaica hs / programs

I Am Now: 20/20 launches arts-based leadership program at Jamaica High School

by Jeremy Del Rio on Jan 11, 2012 • No Comments
20/20 Vision for Schools and five community partners officially launched the recruiting phase of “I Am Now: Creating Change through Performing Arts” on January 10 with two student assemblies at Jamaica High School. The assemblies featured our amazing club faculty of Lawrence Coles, Din Tolbert, Katrice Walker, and guest hip hop artist and film maker...

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