Today's guest blog is written by San Francisco-based Jen Wilka, Executive Director of YouthTruth Student Survey.
Education is one of the few industries, perhaps the only one, in which everyone has a firsthand experience and a valid opinion. That translates into lots of ideas from various stakeholders about what should be done differently to improve schools. But why is it that the ideas of the people we're ultimately trying to serve, and arguably those most affected - the students - tend to be the last voices heard and acted upon?
Part of the reason is that it's not always easy to use student feedback productively - or at all!
While there are many ways to get student feedback, the focus of our work at YouthTruth, a national nonprofit based in San Francisco, is through surveys. Here are three ideas and key questions to help get the most out of student feedback for school improvement.
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