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This post originally appeared on Education Week's "Finding Common Ground" blog. 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...
This post from former YouthTruth Executive Director Marny Sumrall originally appeared on the blog in November 2014. It is re-posted here as part of our Rewind blog series. At CEP, we’ve been talking more and more about beneficiary feedback — who uses it, how much, and...
School’s out for summer. At YouthTruth, that means time for reflection, innovation, and preparation for the year ahead — including taking a deeper look at the aggregate student perception data we’ve accrued from surveys of hundreds of thousands of students around the...
Recently at CEP, we’ve been talking more and more about beneficiary feedback—who uses it, how much, and why. We believe that one area where listening for this kind of feedback is especially vital is K-12 education, where the voice of students is too often overlooked...
Stephen Sullivan highlights an important new article about the insights gained when you incorporate the voice of beneficiaries in a measure of a program’s effectiveness.
Jen Vorse Wilka introduces a video of a high school principal talking about his experience with the YouthTruth survey and how feedback he collected from his students has allowed him to alter the culture of learning at his school.
YouthTruth Executive Director Marny Sumrall applauds recent efforts to raise the profile of student feedback in education reform.
With the announcement of a transition in leadership, Phil Buchanan reflects on the past and future of the YouthTruth project.
The following blog post is adapted from a talk presented at a meeting of the Grantmakers of Oregon and Southwest Washington. As Suk Rhee mentioned in her introduction, I am a native Oregonian, so I know that there is no better place than the Pacific Northwest. And I...
I am pleased to announce a new partnership between YouthTruth and The New Teacher Project, which will bring student perspectives to teacher performance evaluations. See the video below for details. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hly9aFTu33s Valerie Threlfall is Vice...