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Learning with Student Voices

Rebecca J. Morris

Whomever the learners might be, through teachers' growth, risk, and probably some patience, we can lift up opportunities for others. And, then maybe we learn something, too. Read More

Full Voice

Anita M. Cellucci

Impacting Community through Student Voice

As a school librarian, my focus is on students who are not typically given a platform to express their thoughts, feelings, and ideas. There are specific ways that amplifying student voice has progressed in my library that offer students an authentic audience.

Research into Practice

Liz Deskins

Meghan Harper

Fostering and Sustaining Student Voice in the Library

The school library provides the space for creating a culture of care that fosters and sustains student voice in a number of important ways.

Connection Point

Stony Evans

5 Great Opportunities to Amplify Student Voice

This month, I'll focus on successful ways we have sought out student voices in the library.

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Turn Students into Collection Developers

by Courtney Pentland

Instead of guessing at what your students want to read, get them involved in the collection development process. Not only will you get the benefit of student-curated lists for purchase or donation, but students get to learn more about the art of selecting books and are also able to take ownership of what is available in their library. Read More

Research: Learning by Teaching

by Tasha Bergson-Michelson and Sara Zoroufy

I am fortunate to collaborate with a cadre of research teacher's assistants, hihg-school juniors who help with library functions, including student research. Read More

Student Voice with the 10 Questions for Young Changemakers

by Laura Gardner and Chaebong Nam

Harvard's Democratic Knowledge Project collaborated with librarians to help partner libraries learn about the Ten Questions for Young Changemakers framework, experiment on their own, and develop new learning modules and program resources to help other librarians implement the Ten Questions to cultivate civic learning. Read More

One-Question Surveys

How Have You Used Student Voice in Your Decision Making?

What's Your Most Important Core Value?

How Do You Tell Your Library Story?

What Is the Philosophy of Your Makerspace?

One-Question Survey: What Drives Change in Your Library?

1-Question Survey: Community Connections

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