Category: school reform

• 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

• Student Voice and Student Engagement as Trojan Horses

  I have a number of concerns about how I am seeing “student voice” and “student engagement” used in K-12 schools, education administration, and other settings that should benefit students to share their voices. One set of concerns I have I’m calling “Trojan Horse Strategies”. I call them this because in this approach educators and advocates […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  January 25, 2012

  Meaningful Student Involvement, school improvement, school reform, SoundOut, student engagement, student voice

• A Fear of Students?

  I don’t write this lightly. After all these years of teaching educators and education administrators about student voice, student engagement, and my frameworks of meaningful student involvement, I’m led to believe there’s something more insidious behind the reluctance to not engage students as partners in learning, teaching, and leading in schools. I’m led to believe […]

  Adam F.C. Fletcher

  January 17, 2012

  education, Meaningful Student Involvement, school reform, student engagement, student voice