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    The document discusses involving students in efforts to improve schools. It notes that while schools need rules, they could do better listening to students and valuing their opinions. As an example, the author discusses how their high school stopped allowing dress-up days during homecoming week after some girls wore short dresses, even though students asked the rule be reconsidered. The document concludes with a quote that students have valuable knowledge about their lives and schools, and involving them can help make schools safer and more empowering places of learning.

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    Ellie VanLandschoot

    EDUC 300: Cultural Pluralism

    Dr. Ubeda

    Weebly Reading Reaction #6

    Involving Students in School Improvement

    I was thinking as a future educator, how can I enfranchise my students’ voices for

    school improvement? Students are not typically involved in efforts to make schools

    better places, but in reality it should be the #1 thing schools do!

    I know schools need to have rules in place for them to be safe, respectful and

    responsible places for children to be, but I think schools can do a better job of listening

    to their students, valuing their opinions and giving them something they ask, as long as

    it’s reasonable and follows guidelines.

    For example, it was my freshman year of high school around homecoming time.

    We got to dress up in different costumes every day of the week, but because we had

    mass on Wednesday, we got to dress up since normally we wear uniforms. I have to

    say while everybody did look super nice, the teachers complained that the girls wore too

    short of dresses. Just because some girls wore too short of dresses and teachers

    complained, we could no longer have dress up day on Wednesday of each

    homecoming week of that year. This is an example of not giving students what they

    want because girls made one wrong bad choice by wearing too short of dresses and

    ruined it for everyone all the years to come. They have never changed their minds back

    to having this day, even though multiple people have asked and told them we would be
    responsible about the length of our dress. We can’t get everything we want as students

    in school.

    “Students have valuable knowledge about their lives, social contexts and

    schools. When educators make more time to listen and involve students in the process

    of making schools better places, then more progress can be made in making schools

    safe places for exceptional learning, and more empowering environments for students.”

    This is amazing!

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