Student Voice

Discover how students' input and expertise can help shape their classroom, their school, and ultimately their own learning and growth.

5 Research-Backed Tips to Improve Your Online Teaching Presence
As the physical distance increases between you and your students, so can the psychological and emotional space. Here are some tips that can help.
Youki Terada
How to Help Middle School Students Develop Crucial Skills This Year
Most middle schoolers have not mastered the self-regulation skills they need for distance learning, but these simple strategies can help.
Sarah Gonser
How to Set Up an Online School Newspaper
When this fifth-grade teacher shifted his school newspaper online, he found that students were motivated to produce high-quality work for an authentic audience—and felt more connected as a community.
Thomas Courtney
Reading the Virtual Classroom Is Hard, but It Can Be Done
Many teachers find it difficult to gauge how well students understand a lesson in an online classroom. A technique common among award-winning online instructors should help.
Youki Terada
Using Social Justice to Promote Student Voice
Preteen students can gain confidence in their ability to navigate complex topics by using intersectionality to investigate social issues.
Lorena Germán
Exploring Social Justice Issues Through PBL
The open-ended work in project-based learning can help students explore issues that matter to them.
Teague Tubach
Building Community With Student-Driven Conversations
Conversation groups allow students to explore vulnerability about their experiences and build trust in one another.
Molly Josephs
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60-Second Strategy: Participation Cards
A quick formative assessment tool also encourages all students—even shy ones—to participate in discussions.
How PBL Helps Students Engage With the World Around Them
The book “Teaching for a Living Democracy” shows teachers how to use project-based learning to prioritize student voice and drive deep learning.
Joshua Block
6 Opening and Closing Routines for New Teachers
Check for understanding, manage your students, and build classroom community with these six opening and closing classroom routines.
Rebecca Alber
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Morning Meetings: Building Community in the Classroom
Starting the day with this 15-minute activity helps students regulate their emotions and focus on the day’s learning.
Bringing Student Voice Into IEP Conversations
Asking students questions like these can help educators and parents craft effective individualized education programs.
Daniel Vollrath
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Social Contracts Foster Community in the Classroom
When students and teachers collaborate to create shared behavior expectations, the whole class is invested in the norms.
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Developing Agency With Student-Led Conferences
When students lead meetings with their parents and teachers, they gain a voice in their education and develop skills like goal-setting and metacognition.
Bringing Student Choice to Assessment in Science Classes
What happens when students can opt to skip tests and instead give oral presentations or create art to show what they know?
John Dorroh

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5 Research-Backed Tips to Improve Your Online Teaching Presence

60-Second Strategy: Participation Cards