“After the last two years, getting thrown into high school really feels like we are in a shaken up soda can that’s ready to explode. Instead of focusing on harsh attendance and grading policies to force us to “catch up,” what we students need is for teachers to meet us where we are at — to understand what we’ve gone through, and help rebuild the community and the trust that we lost over the last two years.” — Ethan
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