SoundOut Tools

Student Voice Tip Sheet Learn about the basics of student voice.

How-To's Infopages and links for students to learn about education, school reform, the education system, and more.

50 Ways Adults Can Support Student Voice Steps that teachers, counselors, and others can take to actually changes schools with, not for students.

Tools to Assess Student Voice in Your Classroom Students and researchers have designed several tools for evaluating student voice in your classroom and throughout your school.

Acknowledging Student Voice Observations and ideas about giving students credit and celebrating student voice.

Training SoundOut offers customized training and professional development for students, teachers, and administrators on student voice, meaningful student involvement, and engaging students as partners throughout schools. We also offer skill-based training on communication, teamwork, action planning, and leadership.

Links A collection of websites for organizations, curricula, and research projects that focus on student voice.

Across the Internet

Choices For Children: Why And How To Let Students Decide by Alfie Kohn. In this article Kohn identifies a wide range of research that clearly illustrates the obligation educators have to involve students in classroom decision-making.

Incorporating Student Voice into Teaching Practice by John Kordalewski. A research summary for ERIC, this article identifies a variety of approaches teachers can take in order to listen to student voice.

A Teacher's Guide to Earning Student Respect Written by students across the United States participating in an online web forum focused on youth empowerment.

Consulting pupils: A toolkit for teachers by J. MacBeath, H. Demetriou, J. Rudduck, & K. Myers. This publication is a powerful research-based classroom tool focused on shared inquiry and empowering student voice to change schools.

Moving youth participation into the classroom: Students as allies by Barbara Cervone & Kathleen Cushman. A short article that explores a range of experiences and practice by What Kids Can Do, teachers can use this piece to identify and create new practices for their classroom.

Meaningful Student Involvement – An Idea Guide for Schools by A. Fletcher. This brief guide provides a listing of different activities that can be employed throughout schools to engage student voice, including the classroom.

Student Ratings Offer Useful Input to Teacher Evaluations. Scriven, M. (1995). ERIC Digest.