An Unexcusable Absence: Student Voices Wanted

by Clay Burell · 2009-01-08 15:53:00 UTC
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bound and gaggedA quick request, one week into this enterprise, about a noticeable absence on this space: student voices.

I really want to change that. Student testimonies about the realities of their educational lives, if shared here, can provide angles and insights that nobody else can give.

I won't labor the point. I'll just ask you to encourage students to know this place exists, that its purpose is to create change in education, and that it will highly value their input in that mission.

I look forward to adding student guest-bloggers to our ranks here, to give us regular dispatches from school districts across the country about how high-stakes testing, school funding, teacher quality, and other things are affecting their education.

So please spread the word.

On a personal note, this is my last day in a hectic week in Bangkok. I've got a morning of meetings only today, after which I'll be back in fuller force.

Photo: Bound and Gagged by Nicole Marti

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