Change Your School
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Who knows what needs to change in our schools better than the students, teachers and staff? YouthNoise is partnering with schools, organizations, and young leaders to encourage students to lend their voices to California’s education reform movement in 2008. Starting November 1st, students will submit their stories about their educational experiences, be invited to offer solutions for the problems they name, and take action to change California’s school system for the better -- all through an online system at RightToLearnCA.org.
YouthNoise will provide financial, technological and creative support to the top ideas submitted by students, and we'll connect them with community-based organizations and mentors to help them execute their school improvement projects, on both local and statewide levels.
How You can Get Involved
Teachers and schools that partner with Right To Learn can help students in two ways: First, by helping them submit their stories online about the importance of and obstacles they face in getting an excellent education. Second, by helping students develop solutions and implement projects that improve their schools. Students have a unique and creative perspective. Let’s help them use it to improve the school system in California!
Right To Learn Helps Your Students:
- Actively engage in their own education
- Develop technology, collaboration, leadership, and public speaking skills
- Advocate for concrete changes in their schools and effectively influence legislation to improve the educational system in California
Right To Learn Benefits Your School by:
- Providing online and offline tools to help students engage
- Providing technology and incentives to help you effectively collect stories
- Providing opportunities for schools to benefit from funded projects led by students, with grants ranging from $100 to $25,000
Providing support to students in your school to implement improvements
The student authors of the five most compelling stories, as rated by their peers and an expert panel, will win a laptop and a free trip to Sacramento to share their stories and ideas for change with key education decision makers in the state.
Contact Us
For more information:
Cristina Mitra, RTL Community Outreach Manager
info@RightToLearnCA.org
415-375-3096
Not affiliated with a school? Find more information here: Partner With Right To Learn
Downloads
Coming soon!
Flyer: Use this 4"x6" flyer to tell students about Right To Learn.
School Funding Video: Introduce students to the core concepts of school funding in California. Show this video in class and then hold a discussion about ways your school could use additional funds to get students interested in their own education.
Information Sheet: This overview of Right To Learn explains how teachers and schools can participate. Please feel free to share this with your principal or other teachers in your school.
Web Banners: Is Right To Learn a program that aligns well with your school's mission or your personal goals as an educator? Want to help raise awareness of education reform in California? Download banners, put them on your website, and link back to www.RightToLearnCA.org.
(Note: we will be adding a link to curriculum connections, a sample lesson plan, and instructions for how to capture compelling stories soon.)
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