Findings

On Students Speak Out, young people report their experiences with school and schooling. But the flow of ideas isn't organized – at least not in a conventional way. This page is an attempt to provide some of the insight gleaned through SSO in a single, organized place.

Memos and Reports

• Minnesota Department of Transportation Strategic Vision (PDF; SSO teens contributed their ideas) November 2011
• Students Speak Out about Minnesota Parks & Trails (PDF) January 2011
• Seven Ways to Engage Teens in Civic Problem-Solving Online (PDF) January 2011
• Minnesota Educators' and Students' Insights on Assessment and Accountability (PDF) February 2010. Prepared by SSO consultants for a Minnesota Legislative Task Force.
• Students Speak Out.org: A social network for youth civic engagement. Combining skilled offline leadership with the power of the social networking platform to engage young citizens in policymaking. (PDF) Journal of Media Literacy. Volume 55; Number 3. 2009.
• The Milwaukee School Resource Office Program is not working well. But students know how it could. (PDF) June 2009
• What's alternative about Minnesota's alternative-education programs? The schools? Or the students who attend them? (PDF) May 2008
  

Issue Briefs

• Introduction to the Issue Briefs (PDF)
• Alternative Education (PDF) May 5, 2008
• Bullying and School Safety (PDF) June 6, 2008
• Career Centers in High School (PDF) May 27, 2008
• Challenge (PDF) June 8, 2008
• Citizenship (PDF) June 10, 2008
• Learning Outside of School (PDF) June 30, 2008
• No Child Left Behind - Impact on Students (PDF) May 30, 2008
• Quality Teaching and Learning (PDF) 2008-09
• Respect (PDF) June 2, 2008
• Role of Community (PDF) June 17, 2008
• Safety and discipline student work group: Proposal for Improving the School Resource Officer Program (PDF) 2008-09
• Standardized Tests (PDF) June 11, 2008
• Students Have Varying Experiences of "School" (PDF) July 18, 2008
• Suspensions (PDF) May 22, 2008
• What Students Want at School (PDF) July 1, 2008

Interview Summary Videos

• Student interviews from workshops at Community HS, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Running Rebels
• Students at Alternative Schools
• Student Leaders Address Bullying

Student Surveys

• Experiences of Students Who Attend Minnesota Alternative Schools (PDF) May 21, 2008
• Declining Enrollment in Minneapolis Public Schools (PDF) July 9, 2007