Education|Evolving - Identifies resources and tools for student voice, and shares details about their projects focused on increasing student voice.

Forum for Youth Investment - New resources and frameworks for promoting youth engagement.

Annenburg Institute for School Reform - Tools from their School Improvement Program that focus on engaging students in schools.

Project 540 "Students turn for a change." A project engaging 100,000 students nationwide in dialogues about school change. Includes facilitation guides, a resource collection, and discussion forums for registered students.

What Kids Can Do Features voices and work from the next generation in news stories from across the US. Includes an extensive link collection and online publications.

The Way We See It: Youth Speak Out on Education ListenUp!, a youth media network hosted by PBS, invited students across the nation to write, shoot, edit and produce short documentaries about what they think makes an excellent teacher and an exceptional school.

“Student Power: Organizing for School Reform” This episode of PBS's popular "In the Mix" TV show features student activists in several communities across the country.

Eye on Education Student Education Diaries In 2002 WGBH TV in Boston featured student voices speaking out about schools.

YouthNOISE A popular youth website with a variety of topics focusing on what youth can do to change their communities, including schools.

TakingITGlobal Young people around the world talking about schools and learning.

National Youth Rights Association Forum Discussions about school rules, student rights, school boards, and more.

• Student Voices Count: A Student-Led Evaluation of High Schools in Oakland By REAL HARD (2003).

• North High School Report: The Voices of Over 700 Students By Jovenes Unido & Padres Unidos (2004).

• School Excellence in Boston High Schools By Boston Plan for Educational Excellence (2004).

• In Our Own Words: Students' Perspectives on School By J. Shultz and A. Cook-Sather (2001) Rowman & Littlefield. SoundOut reviews "In Our Own Words"

• Fires in the Bathroom: Advice for Teachers from High School Students By K. Cushman (2003) The New Press. To read our review, click here>

• Student Voice: West Virginia Students Speak Out about the Achievement Gap By Education Alliance (2004).

• Look Who's Talking Now: Student Views of Restructuring Schools Edited by J. Kushman and J. Shanessey (1997) Northwest Regional Education Laboratory. To read our review, click here>

• Student Voices: A report from focus group data By S. Kruse (2000) National Association of Secondary School Principals Bulletin. 77-85.

• Student and School Council Member Views of Student Involvement in Decision Making In Kentucky High Schools By G. Patmor (1998) Unpublished dissertation.

• They Listen to Me… But They Don’t Act On It: Contradictory Consciousness in Decision-Making By M. Kaba (2000) in High School Journal, 84(2). 21-35.

• More Than Service: Philadelphia Students Join a Union to Improve Their Schools By What Kids Can Do (2002).  

• The Schools We Need: Creating Small High Schools That Work For Us By What Kids Can Do (2003).

• Taking Democracy In Hand: Youth Action For Educational Change in the San Francisco Bay Area By What Kids Can Do (2002).

• Young Organizers Mobilize to Change Their World, Starting with School By What Kids Can Do (2003).

• Students Push for Equity in School Funding By What Kids Can Do (2003).

• Listening to urban kids: School reform and the teachers they want By B. Wilson and H.D. Corbett (2001) State University of New York Press. To read our review, click here>

• Turn up the volume: The Students Speak Toolkit By Roberts and Kay (2002) Partnership for Kentucky Schools.

• Listening to Student Voices: A Self-Study Toolkit By North West Regional Educational Lab (2001).

• Forum Special Edition on Student Voice Edited by M. Fielding. SoundOut reviews "Forum"

• Authorizing Students’ Perspectives: Toward Trust, Dialogue, and Change in Education  By Allison Cook-Sather (2002). SoundOut reviews "Authorizing..."

• Learning from Student Voices Edited by Penny Oldfather (1995). SoundOut reviews "Learning..."

• Critical Voices in School Reform: Students Living Through Change Edited by B. Rubin & E. Silva (2003). SoundOut reviews "Critical Voices..."

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