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 the spring of 2022 students talk about the issues and challenges they faced on returning to school after over a year of remote learning.
After giving testimony to the Massachusetts legislature in the spring of 2022 students share their thoughts and advice for other student activists trying to make change.
After working with Harvard Law School students preparing testimony and then presenting that testimony to the Massachusetts Legislature in the Spring of 2022, students reflect on the importance of the Students Speak program and how it could help other students.
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 many uncertainties surrounding school reopening in the fall.
In Summer 2020, as the movement for racial justice intensified, students shared their thoughts and feelings in brief Zoom conversations. They explore how racist behavior can be present in education and how they have been impacted by it.
In this Zoom interview created during the pandemic of 2020-2021 high school students talk about the difficulties they face with remote learning. Online learning is so different from classroom learning. The students discuss the tools they need and the interactions with teachers they need in order to succeed. Its not easy for them to reach out to other student or teachers. Its not always possible to have the connections with teachers that makes learning successful.
Decisions about education and 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. This video features Zoom interviews with a group of Massachussetts secondary school students from a diverse set of schools, communities and backgrounds. They all want to make their schools better—for themselves, for their classmates, and for students who come after them.
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.
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