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 [...]
Wendy Kopp on Education Reform
Posted on August 13, 2008 - Filed Under education reform, teach for america, videos, wendy kopp | Leave a Comment
Watch the pioneering education reformer Wendy Kopp of Teach for America — one of the world’s “100 Most Influential People” according to Time magazine (2008) and one of “America’s Best Leaders” according to US News and World Report (2006) — explain to Charlie Rose why “educational inequity is our nation’s greatest injustice.” 20/20 Vision [...]
Read More..>>School Satisfaction? Questions about the Survey
Posted on July 2, 2008 - Filed Under education reform, nycdoe, research | Leave a Comment
Mayor Bloomberg and NYC Schools Chancellor Joel Klein announced the results of the largest ever school satisfaction survey yesterday. More than 800,000 stakeholders, including students, parents, and teachers responded, a remarkable achievement. As the Dept. of Education noted, 800,000 people represents 1 in 10 New Yorkers, and over 200,000 more people than the entire populations [...]
