“If a teacher or support staff recognized what I was going through and helped me access difference resources, I may not have been held back, twice. Students are always in the best position to advocate for themselves, but we still need our institutions to help us navigate things like getting diagnosed, getting accommodations, and even getting an Individualized Education Program.” — Jyn
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