{"id":8022,"date":"2019-04-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/cw_post\/what-happens-when-you-really-listen-student-voices-and-reshaping-policy\/"},"modified":"2020-02-05T13:07:46","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T18:07:46","slug":"what-happens-when-you-really-listen-student-voices-and-reshaping-policy","status":"publish","type":"cw_post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/what-happens-when-you-really-listen-student-voices-and-reshaping-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happens When You Really Listen? Student Voices and Reshaping Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post originally appeared<\/a> on EdWeek’s Next Gen Learning in Action blog on March 25, 2019.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Educators and policymakers spend a lot of time asking, “How can we better serve our students?” We hold convenings, we compile data, we collect surveys and evaluations. But\u00a0how often do we ask the real experts: the students themselves?<\/p>\n

Based on our current education system, it’s clear we haven’t been listening deeply enough. That’s why\u00a0Future Focused Education<\/a>\u00a0and the Assessment for Learning Project created a touring student-voice exhibit. The\u00a0“If You Ask Me…” gallery<\/a>\u00a0is an interactive, augmented reality experience that brings student interviews to life through any smartphone. It is the culmination of a 1,000-mile road trip, visiting eight districts across New Mexico and interviewing over 45 students. We asked students directly: “How do you learn best?” and “What would you change if you were in charge?”<\/p>\n