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.
20/20 in the News
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20/20 in the News

by Jeremy Del Rio on Apr 10, 2012 • No Comments
Extra! Extra! Read all about it. The media loves great stories, and 20/20 Vision for School has been a great story since launching as a grassroots awareness campaign in 2008. The vision that local schools would someday educate New York City’s most vulnerable students equitably across economic, racial, and geographic...
Experience 20/20 Vision in Real-Time Online
best practices / case studies

Experience 20/20 Vision in Real-Time Online

by Jeremy Del Rio on Feb 28, 2012 • No Comments
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...
Visualize Schools with 20/20 Vision
case studies / resources

Visualize Schools with 20/20 Vision

by Jeremy Del Rio on Dec 19, 2011 • No Comments
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...
Serve, not just services
adopt / churches / engagement / Uncategorized

Serve, not just services

by Jeremy Del Rio on Dec 13, 2011 • No Comments
By now you’ve heard the news. Churches are being evicted from New York City schools. True or False? Both. First the bad news. After fighting for a decade to expel churches from holding services in schools, Mayor Bloomberg seemed to prevail last week when the Supreme Court allowed New York...
NYC DOE Celebrates PS 102 Mural
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NYC DOE Celebrates PS 102 Mural

by Jeremy Del Rio on Oct 13, 2011 • No Comments
20/20 Vision for Schools practices what we preach, building a “resume of trust” with the New York City Department of Education by serving schools in meaningful ways. This week the DOE features the “Welcome to PS 102″ mural documentary on its website homepage. Watch the documentary on DOE’s website here.
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January 29 Brooklyn Bridge March & Related Media
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January 29 Brooklyn Bridge March & Related Media

by Jeremy Del Rio on Jan 26, 2012 • No Comments
UPDATE, 1/31/12: The January 29 march generated a fair amount of media coverage. Below are several of the stories: WORLDmag.com | NYC pastor faces eviction from community he loves to serve (Profile of Abounding Grace pastor Richard Del Rio and 20/20 executive director Jeremy Del Rio). Huckabee: War on common sense? (From Mike Huckabee’s opening monologue: ”Now that...
Protest and Invest: Statement on the NYC School/Church Eviction Controversy
cnn / media advisory / videos

Protest and Invest: Statement on the NYC School/Church Eviction Controversy

by Jeremy Del Rio on Jan 12, 2012 • No Comments
MEDIA ADVISORY January 12, 2012 Contact: Jeremy Del Rio (347) 921-4426 20/20 Vision for Schools stands in solidarity with the sixty-eight congregations scheduled for eviction from New York City public schools a month from today, February 12, 2012. We join our voice with theirs to urge Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Chancellor Dennis Walcott, and the City...
I Am Now: 20/20 launches arts-based leadership program at Jamaica High School
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I Am Now: 20/20 launches arts-based leadership program at Jamaica High School

by Jeremy Del Rio on Jan 11, 2012 • No Comments
20/20 Vision for Schools and five community partners officially launched the recruiting phase of “I Am Now: Creating Change through Performing Arts” on January 10 with two student assemblies at Jamaica High School. The assemblies featured our amazing club faculty of Lawrence Coles, Din Tolbert, Katrice Walker, and guest hip hop artist and film maker...
Happy Holidays!
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Happy Holidays!

by Jeremy Del Rio on Dec 23, 2011 • No Comments
Thanks to all our friends, partners, and supporters for an amazing 2011. Looking forward to an even more incredible 2012.
"Save our School. Fight for Freedom."
freedom academy / nycdoe / schools

“Save our School. Fight for Freedom.”

by Jeremy Del Rio on Dec 6, 2011 • No Comments
UPDATE of 12/12/11: As of December 9, the Department of Education decided to keep Freedom Academy open for at least another year. That’s not to say the fight is over, just that Freedom has a year to develop and demonstrate a turnaround plan with the continued assistance of 20/20 Vision for Schools and other community...
Community Partners: All about Leverage
best practices / partners

Community Partners: All about Leverage

by Jeremy Del Rio on Dec 6, 2011 • No Comments
Community stakeholders and the constituencies they lead are underutilized leverage points in the fight for educational equity.  Consider, for example, the multiplier effect that can be leveraged within congregations. The numbers don’t lie. 1,700 public schools 7,100 churches. There are at least four and a half churches in the five boroughs of New York City...
Say YES Syracuse
education reform / research / say yes

Say YES Syracuse

by Jeremy Del Rio on Nov 15, 2011 • No Comments
So inspired by meeting Mary Anne Schmitt-Carey yesterday. As the president of the Say YES to Education foundation and life-long education reformer, Schmitt-Carey conceived the city-wide Say YES demonstration project in Syracuse that provides wrap around supports to 21,000 public school students through college completion. From their website: Say Yes is a landmark collaboration that...
Expressing Thanksgiving for Schools
appreciation / service

Expressing Thanksgiving for Schools

by Jeremy Del Rio on Nov 15, 2011 • No Comments
Urban Youth Workers Institute celebrates schools this month in a guest post by 20/20 Vision for Schools director Jeremy Del Rio. Help us brainstorm creative ways to express thanksgiving for/to schools tangibly this season (and beyond).  Here are our initial ideas. In the short week before Thanksgiving, bring breakfast to the office and teacher’s lounge...

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