About Speak Up

The Speak Up National Research Project provides participating schools, districts and non-profit organizations with a suite of online surveys and reports to collect authentic feedback from students, educators and parents.   In addition, we summarize and share the national findings with education and policy leaders in Washington DC and your state.

The top three reasons schools and districts participate in Speak Up are to:

• Collect unique data from their stakeholders.
• Conduct a needs assessment and create a vision for 21st century learning.
• Use the data to create and inform technology initiatives or create strategic plans.

Across the nation, educators tell us that Speak Up:

• Gives them a better understanding of issues important to their stakeholders.
• Provides a mechanism to empower students to voice their opinions.
• Provides meaningful input into their planning process.
• Enhances their ability to implement technology initiatives more closely aligned to students’ expectations and needs.
• Helps identify meaningful benchmarks for measuring success.

Since 2003, educators from over 30,000 schools have used the Speak Up data to create and implement their vision for 21st century learning.  You can to!  Register (http://www.speakup4schools.org/speakup2012) today to participate in Speak Up.

 To learn more, contact the Speak Up team.