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Students and educators who want to know more about student voice, listening to student voice, engaging students as partners, and meaningful student involvement can use these tips to move forward. Discussion Tools Homepage

• Examine and analyze student voice What is going great at your school? What is going terrible? Ask students, ask teachers, ask parents, ask neighborhood leaders, and ask dropouts what they think about schools.  Evaluate your school | Assess student involvement | Student Forums | Research your school

• Learn about schools You can't change what you don't understand. Examine how schools really work and explore some different issues and actions others are taking to change them. Learn about schools | Student Action Institutes

• Start involving students right now Listening to student voice is not enough - educators must engage students in their classrooms and throughout their schools. 50 ways to partner with students | Get students on board | Create student-adult partnerships

• Learn more about meaningful student involvement Schools and education agencies are working to meaningfully involve students in school improvement and education reform. Meaningful student involvement | Organizations promoting student voice

• Discover how students are leading school change Bring together friends, family, neighbors, or other students to change your school. Student-led school-focused activism | Student Action Institutes

• Find an existing group Some schools already have student groups or student-led activist organizations. It is easier to join them than to start your own. Other communities also have organizations where youth work with adults to change schools. Student voice links | Adult organizations that work with students

• Start a group If there is no group at your school or in your community, if the group is too stuck in its ways, or if there is nobody working on schools, then you can start your own group.

• Take action To make a difference, your group needs a campaign. Choose this carefully because a good campaign can lead to success, whereas a poor campaign can cause your group to stagnate. Tips for Action | Training

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