20/20 Director to Speak at Teach For America Summit
Coming: Saturday February 12, 2011 Humbling… see why below. Faith in Action: The role of faith communities in expanding educational opportunities Day and Time Saturday, 01:15 PM – 02:30 PM. Description Faith leaders have played a critical role in many social change movements in our nation’s history. Panelists will discuss the role that faith communities...
Wisdom of a 5th Grade Solomon
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...
Wendy Kopp on Education Reform
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 for...
