What are we talking about? Learn about SoundOut.

• The Basics of Student Voice

• Definitions of Student Voice

• Quotes about student voice

• Student Voice How Tos

• Where You Can Make Your Voice Heard Online

• Organizations Promoting Student Voice

• Publications Promoting Student Voice

• Meaningful Student Involvement

• Student-Led Organizing for School Improvement

Examples Find out what students are doing to change schools everyday.

• Students planning education

• Students researching schools

• Students teaching classes

• Students evaluating learning

• Students making decisions about schools

• Students advocating for education

• Student voice around the world

Student Voice in Public Schools Following are some of the best public schools we have found where student voice is powerfully engaged. These are awesome examples to learn from. Each school has a high incidence of meaningful student involvement among all students.

• Social Justice Academy, Brooklyn, New York City, New York

• Bay Area School of Enterprise, Oakland

• NOVA Project, Seattle, Washington

• Federal Hocking High School, Federal Hocking, Ohio

• New VISTA High School, Boulder, Colorado

Student Voice in Private Schools Many private schools have an advanced view of what student voice can do. Learn more from these schools.

• Eagle Rock School, Estes Park, Colorado

• Sudbury Model, across the U.S.

• Summerhill School, Suffolk, United Kingdom

• Clearwater School, Seattle, Washington

Student Voice Projects

• SoundOut School Improvement Planning Project

• SoundOut Student Equity Project

• SoundOut School Environment Project

• Harmony/VISTA Service Learning Demonstration Project, Bloomington, Indiana

Purpose of Schools Lots of people have lots of different opinions about schools. Use these links to learn what different people think the purpose of schools is.

Diversity in Schools Everyday you see the differences in your schools. Learn what a growing number of schools are doing to actually embrace these differences.

• Mix It Up Day

• Day of Silence

• ERASE

• Rethinking Schools

• Timeline of race and education

Education News There are a lot of places to get news about schools, and your school newspaper might just not be enough. Learn about national trends and different perspectives about schools.

• Education Week

• Public Education Network

Student Rights "The rights of students do not end at the schoolhouse door." The Supreme Court said that. Learn about what other people are saying, too.

• First Amendment Schools

• Freechild Project's Student Rights in Schools

• National Youth Rights Association's "Student Rights Handbook"

• American Civil Liberties Union

Technology What are the possibilities for using computers and other technology in schools? These orgs and sites have thought about it and are doing something, too.

• Use technology in schools better

• Generation YES

• PeaceFire

• NetDay

Testing Albert Einstein wrote that, "All that counts cannot be counted. All that can be counted does not count."

• Students Against Testing

• National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing

• FairTest

• Alternatives to tests and grades

Alternatives to School In order to change schools you should know what else people are considering as alternatives. Here are some ways that students change schools individually.

• Unschooling

• Start a school

• Schools are for more than Academic Achievement

• Dropping out of high school

• Research report on dropouts

*Special thanks to Michele Levine and ListenUp! for the inspiration to put this collection together.