The Sound of Bubbles Bursting: Record Gains Vanish into Thin Air
Posted on August 4, 2010 - Filed Under DOE, New York, achievement gap, articles, education reform, joel klein, mayor bloomberg, news, nycdoe | Leave a Comment
In case you were wondering about NYC’s record gains in education test scores, the miracles became mirages last week. Reprinted from the NY Daily News (8/1/10), in its entirety:
The sound of bubbles bursting: Student gains on state test vanished into thin air
BY Diane Ravitch
Every year for the past four years, the New York State [...]
Throwback: A Crisis of Zeroes
Posted on July 30, 2010 - Filed Under articles, education reform, jeremy del rio | Leave a Comment
The following article is reprinted from the September 2003 issue of Tri-State Voice. It’s the first public statement 20/20 Vision for Schools’ executive director Jeremy Del Rio made on the subject of education reform.
A Crisis of Zeroes: Engaging NYC Public Schools
by Jeremy Del Rio
Where are the Christians?
The New York City Department of Education will spend [...]
Suspect Improvements
Posted on April 1, 2010 - Filed Under New York, achievement gap, education reform, policy, politics | Leave a Comment
New York has boasted record gains in Math and Reading proficiency for the last five years. Federal testing suggests differently. Have we been lying to our kids?
[L]ast week, the federal government released scores for the nation and the states, and New York did not fare well. In fact, almost all of New York’s reported gains [...]
Political Bickering Means NYS Races to the Bottom of Education Reform Funding
Posted on March 29, 2010 - Filed Under New York, Race to the Top, education reform | Leave a Comment
Education officials and charter school backers on Monday lashed out at teachers unions and the Legislature after New York failed to get $700 million in federal Race to the Top money.
Tennessee and Delaware scored a combined $600 million of the competitive $4.3 billion pot of education money to help turn around failing schools and implement [...]
F is for Failure
Posted on March 17, 2010 - Filed Under education reform, policy | Leave a Comment
Newsweek probes the failures of education reform over the last decade.
Read More..>>Wisdom of a 5th Grade Solomon
Posted on September 30, 2009 - Filed Under advisory board, education reform, nicole baker fulgham, sojourners, teach for america | Leave a Comment
Sojourners features 20/20 Vision for Schools’ Advisory Board member Dr. Nicole Baker Fulgham on their God’s Politics blog today. She recounts an experience as a first year teacher in Compton, CA, when a 10 year old challenged her:
“Aw c’mon Ms. Baker, nobody thinks we’re smart! If they did, they wouldn’t give us this broken [...]
President Obama’s Education Agenda
Posted on January 24, 2009 - Filed Under barack obama, education reform | Leave a Comment
The President’s plan “to restore the promise of America’s public education,” for future dissection.
Read More..>>Chancellor Klein and Rev. Al on Closing the Achievement Gap
Posted on January 15, 2009 - Filed Under Blogroll, achievement gap, al sharpton, education equality project, education reform, graduation rates, joel klein, quotes | Leave a Comment
Chancellor Klein joined Reverend Al Sharpton this week to discuss efforts to close the racial achievement gap separating black and Hispanic students from their white and Asian peers.
“We cannot continue to accept that barely half of the country’s black and Hispanic students are graduating from high school, or that white children can read at levels [...]
Is the open source business model broken, or can it fix public education?
Posted on December 2, 2008 - Filed Under education reform, innovation, open source | Leave a Comment
We at 20/20 Vision are huge fans of Open Source. Both the concept and its implementation challenge our assumptions about how to refine and scale education reform, community development, justice generally, youth leadership, business ventures, publishing, and more everyday. That’s why this caught our eye this morning, from Wired magazine editor-in-chief Chris Andersen:
Stuart Cohen, a [...]
Even McCain and Obama Agree
Posted on September 12, 2008 - Filed Under barack obama, education reform, john mccain, policy, politics | Leave a Comment
The time has come.
“Education is the civil rights issue of this century. Equal access to public education has been gained. But what is the value of access to a failing school?”
— John McCain, RNC Nomination Acceptance Speech, 09/04/08
“I don’t want to send another generation of American children to failing schools. I don’t want that future [...]
