Speak Up 2007: An Invitation
You and your school district (or campus) can participate in this year’s Speak Up National Research Project.
Project Tomorrow, a leading non-profit group that focuses on science, math and technology K-12 education, facilitates this project.
The Speak Up project collects and releases an annual report that is "unfiltered" and authentic. (Real "Tell it like it is!)
Project Tomorrow gathers these gems of experience and jewels of wisdom from…
- K-12 Students
- Teachers
- Parents
- School Administrators, Directors, and Executives
Reach and Focus
Project Tomorrow gathers all data online, and every school district in the United States and Canada are eligible to participate.
The survey focuses on 21st century education and technology issues.
Survey participants come from every state.
The online surveys remains open for your comments until December 15th this year.
Why Participate in Speak Up?
There are several reasons why you should post your comments on the Speak Up 2007 Website. These are:
- Speak Up gives you a direct voice in the development of national and state education policies and programs
- The national data is shared each year with Congress, the US Department of Education, National Science Foundation and many State Governors.
- If you participate in Speak Up, you have free online access to your own quantitative data with national benchmarks
Participate: Get the Report
If you participate in the Speak Up Project, you will get the project data in January 2008, in time for making planning, training, budgeting and purchasing decisions.
Themes for Speak Up 2007: Big Ideas
The themes for Speak Up 2007 include:
- Opportunities and impact of technology on learning
- Communications, self-expression, and social networking
- Global awareness and international collaborations
- Science, math, national competitiveness, and workforce development
- Schools of the future
Surveys Close: December 15th, 2007
Access to the Speak Up Survey remains open (online 24/7) until December 15th, 2007.
Students, parents, teachers and school leaders can access the survey from any computer that is connected to the Internet.
The survey takes between 15 to 20 minutes to complete. Survey items include: multiple choice questions, and 1 (or 2) open ended response questions. The number of questions depends upon what survey you volunteer to take.
Register today!
Tools to promote Speak Up
The Speak Up website offers tools for making the 2007 Speak Up Survey a success. These tools include a Speak Up How-to Guide for Educators, a Speak Up How-to Guide for Parents, flyers for posting at your school, sample E-mail templates s for communicating with other educators and parents, lesson plans, previews of the survey and more.
Visit the Speak Up Website or contact the Speak Up Team at:
speakup@tomorrow.org
Summary
Project Tomorrow is a national nonprofit educational organization. Its mission is to promote and support innovative and research-based uses of science, math and technology. Project Tomorrow supports the use of these tools in developing critical thinking, problem-solving and creativity for all K-12 students.
Check them out.
Non-Profit Partners
Here is a list of Non-Profit Sponsors for the Speak Up Program.
This list is included to demonstrate that this is a valuable opportunity for you to get involved, and to motivate you to go to the Speak Up Website and register.
Impressed?
Now is the time to exercise your "democratic rights" because, if you work for a bureaucratic school district, your democratic rights are few.
Speak Up anyway! Your students educational future depends upon enough voices being heard.
And, while you are at it. Punch, pound, slap and kick The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and rid our educational landscape of this blight.
