20/20 Vision for Schools exists to transform public schools within a single generation of students. We achieve this by mobilizing students and community stakeholders to partner with schools for sustainable change.
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Experience 20/20 Vision in Real-Time Online

Experience 20/20 Vision in Real-Time Online

In 20/20′s ongoing effort to open source creative school engagement strategies, we occasionally launch websites to track the ongoing progress of specific school initiatives. These websites serve as Case Studies in real-time, and upon completion provide a road-map for others to follow who might be inspired to lead similar efforts at local schools. Below are...
Music and Motion: Fundraiser for Grand Street Campus

Music and Motion: Fundraiser for Grand Street Campus

UPDATE, 2/28: One of the attendees emailed this pic from the Music and Motion event on Saturday. ______________ Love, love, love the creativity of community groups supporting local schools! Williamsburg Church is hosting the Music & Motion fundraising benefit on February 25th for a nearby high school. All proceeds will go to the purchase of...
Visualize Schools with 20/20 Vision

Visualize Schools with 20/20 Vision

What Does 20/20 Actually Look Like? It’s hard sometimes to visualize a paradigm. 20/20 Vision for Schools case studies bring the School Engagement Paradigm to life by profiling on-the-ground stakeholders engaging local students and schools in various ways. PS 34′s 20/20 Vision Prototype Stakeholders: Abounding Grace Ministries and Generation Xcel (Manhattan) The story of PS...
"Picturing Diversity," from Brooklyn Family magazine

“Picturing Diversity,” from Brooklyn Family magazine

The September issue of Brooklyn Family magazine tells the story of the PS 102 mural. Here’s an excerpt. “PS 102 Principal Theresa Dovi welcomed the concept wholeheartedly introducing the idea of the public art mural to the school’s families early in the year, and invited them to answer the question: ‘How does your family welcome guests into...
In His Own Words: Pastor Paul Curtis on the PS 102 Mural

In His Own Words: Pastor Paul Curtis on the PS 102 Mural

Dear Global Leadership Summit, You read about Pastor Paul Curtis in the Conference Notebook, now hear him tell the story of the PS 102 Mural in his own words, and watch the story unfold in the multimedia slideshow.
See what 20/20 Vision Looks Like: #102Mural

See what 20/20 Vision Looks Like: #102Mural

Update, 7/30/11 The Bay Ridge Eagle published a beautiful story on the PS 102 Mural in the July 21 issue. Here’s an excerpt: “When P.S. 102 Principal Teresa Dovi and her students wanted to find a nice way to greet visitors at their school, they didn’t hang up a “Welcome” sign. They picked up paintbrushes....
See what 20/20 Vision Looks Like: Operation Backpack

See what 20/20 Vision Looks Like: Operation Backpack

Case Study: Operation Backpack Walk in Pastor Ralph Castillo’s shoes as Christ Tabernacle discovers the “sweet spot” of community engagement for their church.

On Student Led Student Leadership at Reload 1.2.3

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...