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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
