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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...
View ArticleAre You REALLY Committed to #StudentVoice?
Adam training youth at Eastern Washington University in 2012. Are you really committed to engaging student voice? If you’re an educator, administrator, policymaker or adult ally to student voice...
View ArticleContinuing to Learn from Meaningful Student Involvement
Want to learn more about this? Send me an email for an exclusive article! adam@soundout.org Since 2002, working through SoundOut, I have worked with more than 10,000 K-12 students and educators in...
View ArticleDon’t Let Students Be Misunderstood
All educators are well-meaning in their intentions for students. Nobody wants students to fail, no matter how poorly they are paid, how discriminatory they may be, or how brief/long they’ve worked in...
View ArticleSummerhill School
I [heart] Summerhill. If you don’t know, Summerhill School is located in the United Kingdom. It was started in 1921 by A.S. Neill and has become a role model for democratic education and youth power...
View ArticleSelling 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...
View ArticleStudent Voice Is Not The Same As Student Engagement
With more and more people increasingly jumping on the bandwagons of student voice and student engagement, it is becoming increasingly important to define, refine and understand what it is that we’re...
View ArticleQuestions to Evaluate Student Voice
Following are reflection questions focused on student voice and Meaningful Student Involvement. Find resources to challenge these barriers at SoundOut.org. Questions to Evaluate Student Voice Are...
View ArticleThe Hidden Curriculum of Student Voice
Student voice teaches students and adults. If you agree with that idea, then you’ll want to learn about the hidden curriculum of student voice. Tucked into the heart of this is the understanding of...
View ArticleAdam Fletcher Advocating Youth Engagement in Communities
The crisis of disengagement facing youth today is shameful. There are so many issues youth can become active in and so many actions they can take our communities have no reason not to engage every...
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