We believe all students have the right to hold educational institutions accountable to them as partners in shaping their foundational experiences. Students must have a more powerful voice in order to combat the systemic inequity in education.
Our focus is to identify student-centric and student-created solutions to address the systemic inequity in the American education system. This inequity manifests itself as a disparity in access to opportunities and resources across schools nationwide, specifically as it relates to socioeconomically disadvantaged students and school districts.
Students across the country participate in workshops to complete a year-long passion project which addresses a specific issue in their school or community.
Local student groups identify the root causes of educational inequities. Student Voice provides the resources and tools that helps students create policies and practices to address these inequities.
14 high school students report on their local experiences, producing multimedia content that heightens student voices in broader educational reform conversations.
Youth activists and students from across the country connect in the YU4A Facebook group to aggregate resources and accelerate collective action.
Student Voice provides students with the platform to change their schools and communities. We meet students where they are and identify student-centric solutions that address the systemic inequity in the American education system.
Sharing the stories of America's students through local journalism
READ THE STORIES →We believe that every student deserves these nine rights
All students have the right to an affordable and equitable education.
All students have the right to engage with their community and expect their schools to treat them with the rights of citizens.
All students have the right to shape decisions and institutions that will affect their future.
All students have the right to an education tailored to their individual needs and that prepares them for life beyond high school.
All students have the right to learn in an environment that doesn’t discriminate against them and reflects the variety of backgrounds in the student body.
All students have the right to understand existing rules in their school and the opportunity to address unfair treatment.
All students have the right to express themselves within an educational context.
All students have the right to access modern technology to use for their education.
All students have the right to feel mentally, physically, and emotionally safe in school.
Thinking about equity for our schools. BIG fan of long chats, yoga & pups.
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Probably talking to young people about grassroots organizing or at the closest coffee shop - sometimes simultaneously.
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Big fan of civic education, empathy, and theatre. Believer in the power of young people to change the world.
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Passionate about helping others through design and marketing.
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Passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion. Obsessed with macaroons and sunsets.
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Amplifying the voices of the voiceless. Lover of politics, pizza, and plays.
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Always searching for new ways to inform others about issues of opportunity within education. Loves baking, coffee and The Bachelor.
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Creating pathways for empathy through language, dialogue, advocacy, and education. Usually thinking about coffee.
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Relentless optimist with a passion for creating community. Always up for a chat about equity, education, and learning.
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Excited to get conversations started about equality of opportunity in our schools. Lover of the sun, warm cookies and good books.
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A passionate communicator with a penchant for public speaking, storytellling, education reform, and puns.
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Passionate about amplifying my peer's voices. Lover of podcasts, long conversations and traveling.
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Focused on sharing stories through photography and videography. You can also catch me eating a Pancheros burrito.
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