On Student Led Student Leadership at Reload 1.2.3

Posted on June 21, 2010 - Filed Under best practices, case studies, events, matrix, reload, reload 123, student leadership, trainings, uywi | Leave a Comment

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 empower them [...]

Christ Tabernacle Presents Operation Backpack 2010

Posted on October 7, 2009 - Filed Under best practices, case studies, christ tabernacle, operation backpack, videos | Leave a Comment

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 generosity.

Operation Backpack: Principal of PS [...]

Once Upon a School

Posted on August 6, 2008 - Filed Under TED, best practices, dave eggers, resources, videos | Leave a Comment

Dave Eggers at TED conference (2008)
Even the “best and brightest” gathered at this year’s TED conference are exploring how to engage public education reform.
Accepting his 2008 TED Prize, author Dave Eggers asks the TED community to personally, creatively engage with local public schools. With spellbinding eagerness, he talks about how his 826 Valencia tutoring center [...]

Case Study: Operation Backpack

Posted on June 11, 2008 - Filed Under best practices, case studies, christ tabernacle, operation backpack, videos | Leave a Comment

“Mommy, can you take us to see the good people?” My son chimed in, “Yes, Mommy! Please, I want to see the good people.” So I promised them that I would take them and I did.

Here’s the backstory to the mother’s testimony of the “good people.” The video captures how one church (Christ Tabernacle) [...]