Over the past six months, I’ve asked the following question to numerous teachers, administrators, and librarians in Texas, Illinois, New York, Wisconsin, and Florida: “How many of you are having ongoing conversations with students about school – a genuine conversations about learning, leading, and teaching?” The results have all been the same: few, if any, claimed to be engaging with their students. . . .
Their voices are key; they are an essential stakeholder that we can no longer afford to have adults as the sole speaker on their behalf. Students deserve their own voice especially if we are going to continue saying it is about them.
In fact, here is my hard-line: stop saying it is about the students if you haven’t asked the students what they need, what they want, and what is the reality of their world. Just say it is about you or the school and what you find relevant. If you are okay with that, great.
Personally, I’m not.
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