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.
On March 9, 2022, secondary school students presented a legislative briefing on Zoom 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 winter 2022, Massachusetts high school students shared their perspectives on returning to school after the pandemic, gave advice to students seeking change in their school communities, and spoke about the importance of the Students Speak program and student voice.
In April 2022, approximately 40 students participated in a day-long Youth Summit at Harvard Law School, at which they designed and led workshops for their peers that imparted important skills and understanding related to youth activism for educational justice.
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
