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    When we listen to students, we improve our schools

    By Uchenna Lewis, Amanda Faulkner and Jesse Roe
    Categories: Continuous improvement, Data, Improvement science/networks
    April 2023
    Young people come to us with many challenges, but speaking their minds isn’t usually one of them. Our students tell us what they think pretty much all the time. Every utterance and every cue from their body language is a data point that communicates important information. But it can be hard for educators to prioritize student feedback while managing myriad sources of information from in and outside of the classroom. The biggest challenge to incorporating student voice has almost nothing to do with students’ actual voices. Those are loud and clear. The challenge has to do with our eyes and ears. We need to learn and practice centering students’ perspectives in our school improvement efforts. Equipping educators to hear students’ voices, and then translate that

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    Uchenna Lewis (ulewis@partnersinschools.org) is a supervising improvement partner at Partners in School Innovation.

    Amanda faulkner
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    Amanda Faulkner (afaulkner@partnersinschools.org) is a senior improvement partner at Partners in School Innovation.

    Jesse roe
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    Jesse Roe (jroe@partnersinschools.org) is a senior improvement partner at Partners in School Innovation.


    Categories: Continuous improvement, Data, Improvement science/networks

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