Student voice
A seat at the table should change the decision
Before inviting students to a meeting, make clear what they can influence, who will respond and what happens afterwards.
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Small decisions.
Meaningful changes.
Three starting points for a school that listens, learns and follows through.
Learning access
One assignment. More than one way in.
A small design review can separate the learning goal from barriers caused by the format, instructions or submission process.
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School practice
After the listening session, close the loop
A survey is the beginning of a conversation. A visible response makes it possible to judge whether that conversation went anywhere.
4 minute readFrom the campaign record
New historical reading notes at the original addresses, with links to the archived source texts.
- The reopening town hall: students, staff and school decisions
- A July 2020 discussion about whose history schools teach
- Before the curriculum town hall: what the advisory proposed
- From principles to a month of activity: the July 2020 announcement
- UrbEd’s Philadelphia school-safety demands, in historical context
- How Move School Forward was introduced in June 2020
- Student Voice’s solidarity statement and its education context
- The letter to Minneapolis Public Schools preserved at this address
- The call to involve students in reopening decisions
Looking for updates from the original campaign? These are new editorial articles and historical notes.
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