Lots of people talk about promoting authentic student voices and vision. Join RAPSA to see great examples, such as student produced you-tube video, hip-hop videos in various languages that thousands of students are using. Talk with a Minnesota high school student who has been selected to be one of several (non-voting members) of the St. Paul School Board and a member of the district’s budget committee. Learn more about he’s spent his junior year in high school on the University of Minnesota, earning free college credits. Find out about a Minnesota law mandating student/family involvement in creating a post high school plan, beginning in the 9th grade. Talk with the student and an educator/advocate who has worked with schools and policy-makers on these issue for more than 40 years. You are encouraged to engage in the discussion by including your students in this webinar to learn more about how authentic student voices can improve education outcomes.
We will be hearing from Anaa Jibicho, Student and Boys & Girls Club of the Twin Cities Youth of the Year 2017 and Joe Nathan, Director of Center for School Change.
Anaa Jibicho has been selected to be a non-voting student representative to the St. Paul School Board. He’s finishing his junior year at Washington Technology Magnet School and taking PSEO courses at the University of Minnesota. He makes his education a priority, and is at the top of his graduating class. He plans to attend college in the fall of 2019 to study to become a neurosurgeon. Anaa has been a Boys & Girls Club member for several years and was awarded the Youth of the Year 2017 by Boys & Girls Club of the Twin Cities.
Joe Nathan, Ph.D., – helped write the nation’s first charter public school law. Legislators and governors in more than 25 states have asked him to testify and provide information about chartering and other school improvement issues. Nathan has spent the last 44 years as a public school teacher, administrator, parent, researcher and advocate. Parent, student & professional groups have given him a variety of awards for his work as an inner city public school teacher and administrator. For nearly 30 years, he has written a weekly newspaper column in Minnesota focusing on education issues.
