THE EDUBLOG Awards – Vote for Stuvoice.org as Best New Blog
admin at Student Voice - 7 hours ago
Please show your support for Student Voice by voting for us as the “Best New Blog 2012″ in the EduBlog Awards. Voting is open until 11:59 PM US Eastern Standard Time on Sunday, December the 9th! Step 1: Go to http://edublogawards.com/vote-here/ Step 2: Select “New Blog” in the drop down menu Step 3: Scroll down [...]
Resolution for Youth Voices Reaches the Senate
admin at Student Voice - 3 days ago
Original Post: http://www.forbes.com/sites/samanthasmith/2012/12/06/resolution-for-youth-voices-reaches-the-senate/ Yesterday, S.R. 608 was introduced to the Senate and has the potential to create a Presidential Youth Council. Policy is the part of system thinking that is often found most elusive. And in reality- it usually has the largest and quietest impact. The introduction of S.R. 608- a call for a Presidential Youth [...]
Youthists & Age Discrimination
admin at Student Voice - 4 days ago
The following post has been re posted from it’s original location: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hung-vo/what-does-bring-a-youthis_b_2200679.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false#sb=3166701,b=facebook While attention is given to discrimination against people of different races, gender and sexual orientation, age discrimination remains a topic that few speak about. Feminists work for women’s rights, civil rights activists work for the advancements of racial minorities, and youthists work for the [...]
Students lead protest of Department of Education’s Inaction
admin at Student Voice - 6 days ago
The following article was originally written by By Sophie Gamez on November 30th, 2012 for The Columbia Daily Spectator and has been re posted by Stuvoice.org- The original article can be found HERE. Stalling on the part of the New York City Department of Education could cost the city’s schools system $300 million in federal funding. Columbia students led a crowd [...]
NYU Local- The Online War Over NYU And Columbia’s SFER Campaign
admin at Student Voice - 6 days ago
The following article was originally written by By John Surico on November 16th, 2012 for NYU- Local, and has been re posted by Stuvoice.org- Last week, we reported on the most recent campaign launched by the Students for Education Reform chapters at NYU and Columbia. It focuses on urging Mayor Bloomberg’s Department of Education and the United Federation of Teachers [...]
Stephanie Rivera – Recap of Counter-Rally to Defend NYC Students and Teachers
admin at Student Voice - 6 days ago
On Thursday night, I had the great opportunity to defend NYC’s students and teachers with some incredible organizers from NYU and Columbia. The NYU and Columbia Students For Education Reform (SFER)‘s chapters organized a rally, “Get It Together: One Deal, $300 Million for NYC Students.” From SFER’s Facebook Event Description: Get It Together: One Deal, [...]
Special: Monday Webinar with Canada’s Student Voice Initiative
admin at Student Voice - 1 week ago
In conjunction with our regular Monday 8:30 pm EST #StuVoice Twitter chat, Student Voice will host a special webinar featuring student voice leaders from Canada’s Student Voice Initiative. Join us as Canadian student leaders share stories of how they have exercised their voice and learn of Canada’s unprecedented student voice culture. More about our special [...]
Organization Registration
admin at Student Voice - 1 week ago
Calling all youth-led advocacy groups. The past few months, the Student Voice movement has connected thousands of students nationwide. Through our #StuVoice Twitter Chats, webinars, conference calls, and more, we have experienced first-hand the wisdom of young people and the power they have when they unite. By functioning as a medium through which students can [...]
Student Voice discussion with Connected Learning
admin at Student Voice - 2 weeks ago
Join Student Voicers Jordan Howard, Nikila Kakarla, Adil Majid, Zak Malamed, and Allison Wu as they discuss: “With all the conversations and decisions surrounding education reform, what actions are being taken to include (and amplify) the student voice?” View original post and additional details on Connected Learning’s website: http://connectedlearning.tv/zak-malamed-allison-wu-power-student-voice-education-reform
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admin at Student Voice - 3 weeks ago
Please submit any additional student voice related articles to: stuvoice1@gmail.com 14 diffYear Old Student, Line Delile, Writes How Schools Are Killing Creativity I speak about education from an unflattering point of view — maybe because it is destroying our fascinating, curious minds. I don’t claim to be an expert in education. I am still a [...]
Organization Registration Month
admin at Student Voice - 3 weeks ago
Calling all youth-led advocacy groups. The past few months, the Student Voice movement has connected thousands of students nationwide. Through our #StuVoice Twitter Chats, webinars, conference calls, and more, we have experienced first-hand the wisdom of young people and the power they have when they unite. By functioning as a medium through which students can [...]
Ankur Singh, Standardized Testing Documentary
admin at Student Voice - 3 weeks ago
You know the one thing that probably bugged me most about school? It wasn’t the tests, inadequate teachers, lack of funds, or boring curriculum. It was the fact that in every single English class we were always told to never use the word “You” in an essay. And they never even said why we couldn’t [...]
Chloe Maxmin, Divest for Our Future
admin at Student Voice - 3 weeks ago
This is my new cause. Pressuring my university, Harvard, to divest from fossil fuels. The Harvard campaign is not alone though. Students from fifty universities around the US have joined the movement to Divest For Our Future. We are hitting the fossil fuel industry where they feel it the most: their bank accounts. Our communities, [...]
Adil Majid, Respect is a Two-Way Street
admin at Student Voice - 1 month ago
“What are the pros and cons of standardized testing?” It was a pretty controversial #StuVoice Twitter chat topic. The issue of standardized testing has created a deep divide between its proponents and opponents. Both sides passionately defend their stances; proponents advocate for an objective assessment of students and teachers, while opponents charge standardized testing as [...]
Rae Abbott, ‘Education’?
admin at Student Voice - 1 month ago
‘Education’? Let me paint you a picture. You’re sitting in class. The professor is giving a lecture, looking around expectantly for reactions (facial, at the least), and receiving none. She asks a question and the long, empty silence that follows is almost unbearable. You look around and find yourself swimming in a sea of laptop [...]
What’s Missing from the Ed Reform Conversation? Student Voices
admin at Student Voice - 1 month ago
At the conclusion of the Chicago Teachers Union strike, Mayor Rahm Emanuel claimed, “we gave our students a seat at the table.” Throughout the strike, the CTU also claimed to be standing up for children. Yet as students missed days of valuable learning time, they had no voice or a seat at the table and [...]