http://2020.coalitionnyc.com Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:27:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Join the Coalition and The New York City Leadership Center as we officially launch 20/20 Vision for Schools as part of this historic gathering on September 20, 2008. Thanks! Register Now & Bring Your Leadership Team! Saturday, September 20, 2008 “Spiritual Leadership in theGlobal City” Launch Event! GROUP RATE: Register a group of ... http://2020.coalitionnyc.com/2008/08/14/leadership-center-launching-2020-vision/ More alarming news about New York City’s graduation rates. + 32% of black males graduated from NYC’s high schools on schedule in 2006 + 57% of white males graduated on time + Both percentages are unacceptable, but the discrepancy is yet another example of educational inequities + New York City public schools ranked 54th ... http://2020.coalitionnyc.com/2008/08/14/32-in-baseball-is-great-but-for-a-student-or-a-school-system-not-so-much/ Another reason educational inequity is the greatest injustice of our time: The likelihood that a ninth-grader in one of the nation’s biggest cities will clutch a diploma four years later amounts to a coin toss — not much better than a 50-50 chance, new research finds. Cross into the suburbs, and the ... http://2020.coalitionnyc.com/2008/08/14/big-city-graduation-rates/ The movement is spreading! Join Vision Nehemiah, Willow Creek Church, North Park University's Center for Youth Ministry Studies and others in launching 20/20 Vision for Schools Chicago on September 13. ___________________ 20/20 Vision Save the Date! In the first seven months of 2008, the number of murders in Chicago has increased 13% over ... http://2020.coalitionnyc.com/2008/08/13/2020-vision-chicago/ 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 ... http://2020.coalitionnyc.com/2008/08/06/wendy-kopp-on-education-reform/ Once upon a School 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 ... http://2020.coalitionnyc.com/2008/08/06/why-even-the-innovators-at-ted-care-about-reforming-public-schools/ May 29 @ Christ Tabernacle New York, NY 20/20 Vision for Schools activates people in faith communities to engage public education reform. 50-80% of each congregation is already directly connected to public schools, as students, parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, aunts , uncles, cousins, teachers, custodians, administrators, support staff, coaches, and more. ... http://2020.coalitionnyc.com/2008/06/17/dr-tony-evans-endorses-2020-vision-for-schools-full-event-video-2-hrs/ Operation Backpack “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 ... http://2020.coalitionnyc.com/2008/06/11/the-story-behind-the-story/ If your church could impact a local middle school in the following ways, would you? • 77% of the students now consider their actions or words prior to acting or speaking. • 66% now have a desire to be a person of good character. • 60% say they now make better choices. • 85% ... http://2020.coalitionnyc.com/2008/06/09/if-you-could-would-you/ 20/20 churches activate people in their pews to do the work of ministry. In the context of education reform, that begins by recognizing that 50-80% of each congregation is already directly connected to public schools, as students, parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, aunts , uncles, cousins, teachers, custodians, administrators, support ... http://2020.coalitionnyc.com/2008/06/08/tony-evans-on-being-salt-and-light-in-our-schools-free-mp3/