73 Massachusetts secondary school students participated in focus group interviews on what they need to do well in school.
Massachusetts high school students testified to state legislators at the State House in Boston on Safe and Supportive Schools.
High school students shared what it is like to be a student during the pandemic and amidst growing activism for racial justice.
In February 2020, students from a number of Massachusetts high schools presented testimony to state legislators in support of creating Safe and Supportive Schools. Learn more about the students’ advocacy and read each student’s testimony about what they need in order to do well in school.
In a series of Zoom interviews during summer 2020, Massachusetts high school students shared their perspectives on remote learning during the pandemic, the urgent need for racial justice, and the importance of including student voice in educational decision making.
Released in the spring of 2019, the report Students’ Voices: Their Perspectives on How Schools Are and Should Be summarizes focus group interviews with a diverse group of Massachusetts secondary school students, including many quotes from students about what they need in order to do well in school and how they believe their schools should be assessed.
This website is dedicated to the valuable lessons we can learn from students’ own experiences about how to create better schools. Decisions about schooling are often made without listening deeply to students themselves. But students are in the best position to understand what they need in order to do well in school.
A collaboration of the Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative (TLPI), Harvard Law School and Massachusetts Advocates for Children (MAC). LEARN MORE
