SLL Ep 177 | The power of students voice and research with Digital Promise

Jan 20, 2024

Students from the League of Innovative Schools conduct research on education equity challenges. They discuss the importance of flexible learning environments and engaging activities. The podcast emphasizes the value of open dialogue and inclusive learning. It explores the membership structure of Digital Promise and student recruitment for the LOIS program. The speakers discuss teaching history challenges and opportunities for collaboration within Digital Promise. The students reflect on the power of sharing research findings and advocating for diverse AP offerings.

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

Addressing Educational Equity Challenges

01:44 • 4min

Flexible Learning Environments and Engaging Activities

05:22 • 5min

The Value of Open Dialogue and Inclusive Learning

10:08 • 9min

Membership structure of Digital Promise and organization's funding

19:22 • 2min

Student Recruitment and Involvement in the LOIS Program

20:57 • 18min

Teaching History and Collaboration Opportunities in Digital Promise

39:21 • 6min

The Power of Sharing and Advocacy

44:54 • 19min

We have come to a time that students have been gradually recognized and accepted as purposeful, intentional, active, and capable individuals rather than simple recipients of instruction. Increasingly more schools and organizations have developed programs that advocate and promote student voice and research. In this episode, we highlight the work of the Center for Inclusive Innovation of Digital Promise.

The students speaking on the show were part of the League of Innovative Students (LOIS), a cohort of 30 high-school students from League of Innovative Schools member districts, representing a network of more than 150 forward-thinking school districts in 38 states. These students were invited to conduct research on top equity challenges for Digital Promise’s Challenge Map. Each one of them identified an education equity challenge that was prevalent in their respective school communities and conducted research to gather additional student perspectives about the challenge. They will share what they learned from their research, including the ideas they gathered from their student peers for how to address some of the most common challenges in education. They are:

Hailey Godin, San Ramon Valley Unified School District
Julia Aguas, San Ramon Valley Unified School District
Kaonna Hyacinthe, Richland School District 2
Nethra Dhamodaran, San Ramon Valley Unified School District

Briza Diaz of Digital Promise will accompany the students. Briza Diaz is an Education Researcher at Digital Promise’s Center for Inclusive Innovation, where she works on program evaluation and development. Her experience in different aspects of education has culminated in her current work to further education equity and stakeholder voice in education. One of Briza’s projects includes the Challenge Map, which was created to communicate shared challenges that districts across the country are addressing in order to surface promising solutions. The map aims to gather solution ideas to top education challenges from the perspectives of different members of school communities, including students, teachers, school and district leaders, parents/caregivers, and community members.

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