Category: SoundOut

• A Renewed SoundOut Program

  Challenging Student Voice Recently I was discussing the latest developments happening in the mainstream education conversation today. Student voice is bubbling up more and more frequently across the radar, with folks ranging from curriculum writers to test makers talking about it. Of course, educators continue to share their thoughts on social media, along with students […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  January 10, 2015

  Books, publicity, school, school improvement, school reform, Schools, SoundOut

  education, meaningful student involvement, student voice

• Case Study on CENPEC

  In November 2014, the Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas em Educação, Cultura e Ação Comunitária (Center for Studies and Research in Education, Culture and Community Action), or CENPEC, hosted me for a weeklong visit to São Paulo, Brazil. As a longtime consultant focused on youth engagement, I have become accustomed to touring across the North America to teach, speak and work with all kinds of diverse communities. However, nothing I have ever done paralleled this trip. Over the course of eight days, I spoke to eight different groups, workshopped with more than 300 youth and adults, was interviewed by several newspapers and television stations, and met with countless educators, activists and policymakers from across Brazil.

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  December 10, 2014

  Adam Fletcher, school improvement, school reform, social change, Speaking, workshop, workshops

• Raising Expectations for Students AND Adults

  

  The second aim of Meaningful Student Involvement has very complex implications for every role in every part of the education system. (Learn more about the Aims of Meaningful Student Involvement.) It states: Aim 2: Expand the expectation of every student in every school to become an active and equitable partner throughout education. Traditional roles for […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  October 8, 2014

  Meaningful Student Involvement, SoundOut