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...
“Welcome to PS 102″ – The Documentary Experience
The “Welcome to PS 102″ documentary experience is now available online thanks to the brilliant 20/20 Vision for Schools intern Jordan Cortese! Watch it here. Track the entire PS 102 Mural from start to finish at the project blog, complete with photos, design sketches, student submissions, and more.
Are You Really Going “Back to School”?
[Editor's note: originally published at UYWI.org on August 14, 2011.] This time each year, the students in your youth ministry return to school. But do you? Return to school with them? Jesus calls his followers, “fishers of men.” As youth workers, the “fish” we gather congregate in schools every day. Literally, not metaphorically. Not being...
Willow Creek Leadership Summit Features 20/20 Vision for Schools
The Willow Creek Association’s Global Leadership Summit features 20/20 Vision for Schools this week. Summit speaker Michell Rhee (former Schools Chancellor of Washington, DC, and founder of Children First) will explore how educational inequity robs inner city children of the skills necessary to complete college, compete in an information economy, or even conduct an inductive...
Upcoming Training Opportunities
In April and May, 20/20 offers two GREAT Level 3 and 4 training opportunities for faith-based school adopters. [Level 4: Organizational Development] The NYC National Church Adopt-A-School Initiative Training (A Collaboration of Tony Evans’ Urban Alternative & 20/20 Vision for Schools) Download Flier Date: Thursday April 30 – Saturday May 2, 2009 Time: 9:00 am...
Recent Training Resources (Powerpoints)
The following Powerpoints were presented at the Pastors Prayer Summit on January 27 and 28. Emerging Leaders Break-Out: “Change We Can Believe in: Rediscovering ‘Real Religion’ for our Churches and Children,” an exploration of Biblical Justice and its implications for education reform. Description: Shortly after noon on January 20, President Obama reminded the world during...
Mayor announces new resources for parents
From a Department of Education email announcement received today: Yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg delivered the 2009 State of the City and I’ve attached a copy of the speech to this e-mail (which can also be viewed here). I thought you would be especially interested in two education initiatives: The Mayor announced the creation of a new...
Findings and Recommendations: 20/20 Action Plan (Part 2 of 3)
- Below is the second of three excerpts from the “Urgent Appeal to Engage a Generation at Risk” Summary Report and Action Plan. Download the entire document PDF here. TABLE FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS The heart of the Forum consisted of thirteen table discussions designed to surface collaborative strategies for education transformation. Facilitated by Frances Hesselbein,...
