“I think that issue of [relatability] and the area that people come from, the areas they grew up in, the demographics or the racial makeup of the [staff] should in some ways be representative of the student body.”
— Focus Group Report
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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