Today, I’m thinking about the design of some new materials. The graphic above was intended to illustrate some of the lows and highs in student involvement activities. Its for any activity that seeks to involve students beyond simply listening to student voice. The challenge of this visual is to present all these positions in aContinue reading “Is Meaningfulness Arbitrary?”
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Getting Schools Closer to Malala
Yesterday, Malala Yousafzai spoke at the United Nations, detailing her experience and passion for education. As I watched and listened, I couldn’t help but wonder about this gulf that exists. Somewhere between North America, where so many students absolutely rue school, and Afghanistan where Malala is from, there is a gap of understanding, opportunity, trust, and engagementContinue reading “Getting Schools Closer to Malala”
Selling Students Short
We are selling students short. Many of the very organizations, programs, and agencies that are engaging student voice are oftentimes blindsiding their targets. I say we are selling students short because student voice is often inauthentic. Students are incapacitated from participating fully in conversations about schools. What Makes Student Voice Inauthentic Little Adults: Pulled from their schools, inContinue reading “Selling Students Short”
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