Category: Schools

• Stop Calling For Student Voice

  Students tapping their pencils on their desks, texting answers to tests back and forth, and throwing pencils into the ceiling tiles…  Answering questions when asked, participating intently in classroom discussions, and having focused small group conversations…  Teachers integrating students’ stories from their own lives into classroom curriculum, students teaching each other about complex concepts out […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  November 18, 2012

  democratic schools, Meaningful Student Involvement, school improvement, school reform, Schools, student engagement, student rights, student voice

• How to Get Past LISTENING To Students

  Schools must get past listening to students. Its a starting point, but as I’ve taught with my Cycle of Engagement for almost a decade, its just a start. As ethically responsible educators and advocates, we have a responsibility for getting past listening and towards action. Find out how in this post. Do you want to transform […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  November 16, 2012

  democratic schools, Meaningful Student Involvement, school improvement, school reform, Schools, student engagement, student rights, student voice

• Charter Schools Destroy Democracy

  The story of charter schools in Washington State is intense. It spans several introductions in the Legislature, involves the voting down of the approach by citizens three times, is foisted up by education organizations and politicians bank-rolled by large foundations that are dismantling public schools across the United States, and generally disregards the education and […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  January 31, 2012

  democracy, school reform, Schools, socialchange