Feb 15, 2023

Jenee Henry Wood and David Nitkin on Conversations with Kids

Nobody is more of an expert in their own experience than themselves.
Adults said the activity of listening to young people is super helpful in rethinking school.
Young people’s environments need to reflect a better world.

Podcast: Jenee Henry Wood and David Nitkin

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On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Shawnee Caruthers is joined by Jenee Henry Wood, a Partner at Transcend Education and David Nitkin, also a Partner at Transcend.

David and Jenee recently worked on an initiative called Conversations with Kids, a research project and culminating paper that analyzed data from 20,000+ students who participated in Transcend’s Leaps Student Voice Survey and focus groups. Tons of outstanding themes were identified as a result.

School should be a place for practice, not for performance.
Jenee Henry Wood

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