What evidence do we have that the 2020 Vision for equitable outcomes in Berkeley schools will reach its goal by the year 2020? The photo, left, shows 10 members of the 2020 generation when they were in kindergarten. They are now in the sixth grade. Have they advanced significantly? Are they on target for outcome equity? The 2019-2020 school year is just five years away. And we are nearing the point where the promise of the Vision will either flounder or be fulfilled. The promise made was that when black, brown and white students graduate from high school in 2020, they would graduate with equitable outcomes. It was a noble and beautiful promise, based on the understanding that it could only be achieved by integrating all citywide resources. (See two Berkeley Daily Planet articles: A 2020 Vision for Berkeley Education, December, 2007, and The 2020 Vision: How good is our garden? March, 2008.) When the Berkeley community launched the 2020 Vision it was agreed that there would be an annual “Report Card” to the entire community, prepared by the Berkeley School District and the City of in order to track progress toward the goal. Though such a Report Card has been requested several times, we […]
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