Community Partners: All about Leverage
Community stakeholders and the constituencies they lead are underutilized leverage points in the fight for educational equity. Consider, for example, the multiplier effect that can be leveraged within congregations. The numbers don’t lie. 1,700 public schools 7,100 churches. There are at least four and a half churches in the five boroughs of New York City...
Por Que? Why do we tolerate the Latino achievement gap?
Latinos are the fastest growing ethnic group in New York City, accounting for 32.6% of the 16-24 population and 34.1% of the under 16 population in New York City. Yet: 13.7% of Latino youths ages 16-24 are neither enrolled in school nor employed, what sociologists call “disconnected.” 44.4% have less than a High School diploma....
Willow Creek Leadership Summit Features 20/20 Vision for Schools
The Willow Creek Association’s Global Leadership Summit features 20/20 Vision for Schools this week. Summit speaker Michell Rhee (former Schools Chancellor of Washington, DC, and founder of Children First) will explore how educational inequity robs inner city children of the skills necessary to complete college, compete in an information economy, or even conduct an inductive...
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On Student Led Student Leadership at Reload 1.2.3
Those familiar with 20/20 Vision for Schools’ Transformation Matrix know that empowering student leaders as change agents within schools is a pillar of our paradigm for transforming public education within a single generation of students. In summary, it goes something like this: Stop viewing students as consumers of education, buying a product from teachers Instead...
Christ Tabernacle Presents Operation Backpack 2010
A case study of how one church served an adopted school in a meaningful way. Video 1 Christ Tabernacle members donate backpacks for every student at Bushwick’s PS 151. Recap and highlights: Operation Backpack 2009 from Christ Tabernacle on Vimeo. Video 2 PS 151 Principal Jeanette Sosa thanks the members of Christ Tabernacle for their...
