Day after day. Borough after borough. To the schools we bring resources, experience, commitment and open ears. We leave with energy, knowledge and a renewed sense of purpose. Efforts to improve New York City's public schools are broad-based and gathering momentum.
Great ideas abound.
But the greatest attention is needed at the schools themselves, and there are more than eleven hundred of them. For every school there are parents associations, volunteers, businesses, youth organizations and civic groups who want to help. At New Visions, we work as a catalyst to unify and direct this energy to improve entire schools and increase student achievement. Beginning next year, our Astor Center for School Libraries will revitalize more libraries in need, provide thousands of new books and work to spread literacy throughout the school community by offering workshops, conferences and training sessions. The AmeriCorps Members serve schools and communities by repairing computers and teaching students, educators and the community about hardware, software and the Internet.