Transformative Student Voice Bundle
Transformative Student Voice and its companion Transformative Student Voice for Teachers introduce readers to TSV, a framework that promotes student agency and activism through youth-adult partnerships, with tangible outcomes for school improvement. Grounded in fifteen years' research on youth voice in school reform in urban, suburban, and rural schools and districts, these revelatory works illustrate the benefits of the TSV framework as a strategy for both student development and systems change.
The research volume gives school leaders, administrators, and other stakeholders a host of conceptual and practical tools for making student voice a core feature of decision-making and equity-focused transformation.
The practical companion book features actionable steps to help teachers build a classroom community that empowers students through critical reflection, inquiry, and action to drive school transformation.
Together, these books offer tools for superintendents, principals, and teachers alike to drive change and renewed outcomes in their schools.
Shelley Zion is professor of urban education in the Department of Educational Leadership, Administration, and Research at Rowan University, where she directs three research labs. She leads training, research, and community partnerships focused on issues of access, success, and equity.
Ben Kirshner is a professor of education at the University of Colorado Boulder and faculty director of CU Engage: Center for Community-Based Learning and Research. For the past two decades, he has worked collaboratively with educators, community organizers, and students to design and study learning environments that support youth development, social justice activism, and transformative student voice.
Carlos P. Hipolito-Delgado is a professor in counseling at the University of Colorado Denver. His research examines the sociopolitical development of marginalized youth and training to improve the cultural competence of counselors.
Dane Stickney is an assistant teaching professor in education at the University of Colorado Denver, where he supports teacher development and conducts YPAR research. Through the Transformative Student Voice research collective and the Action Research Network of the America, he supports YPAR initiatives across Colorado, the US, and parts of Europe.