Student Voices

“Stereotypes about students are never true…the question is: how can we make our schools better?”

Mississippi high school student, IDRA
Community Blueprints for Action Initiative 

“[When we’re] not challenged by teachers and the curriculum… we enter college unprepared…Some may ask themselves why they should even be there…”

Oklahoma high school student, IDRA
Community Blueprints for Action Initiative 

“Since I have been a tutor, the most important thing I learned about myself was that there is someone everyday that helps me wake up in the morning and want to go to school. There’s someone waiting for me to arrive and walk through the classroom door, and those people are my three tutees that I take care of so much and help learn.”

Texas middle school tutor, IDRA
Coca-Cola Valued Youth Program

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[©2009, IDRA. This article originally appeared in the September 2009 IDRA Newsletter by the Intercultural Development Research Association. Every effort has been made to maintain the content in its original form. However, accompanying charts and graphs may not be provided here. To receive a copy of the original article by mail or fax, please fill out our information request and feedback form. Permission to reproduce this article is granted provided the article is reprinted in its entirety and proper credit is given to IDRA and the author

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