Acknowledgments and Access

Turn Up the Volume: The Students Speak Toolkit, Second Edition

Principal Author: Kristin Houlé

Writing and editing: Sallie Abbott, Kristin Houlé, Liz Jones, Steve Kay, and Rona Roberts

Toolkit design and production: Kristin Houlé, Liz Jones, Donna Wainscott

The Partnership for Kentucky Schools and Roberts & Kay, Inc. would like to thank all of our learning partners in this effort. We express special gratitude to the students, educators, and administrators in the Jessamine County School community in Kentucky who contributed to making the focus groups happen and whose work formed the basis of this Toolkit.

This material is not copyrighted. You may reproduce any parts of this Toolkit, provided you credit the Partnership for Kentucky Schools and Roberts & Kay, Inc. as the sources.

The Turn Up the Volume Toolkit is a continuation of the Partnership’s commitment to increasing the student voice in school improvement. This Toolkit is part of the Students Speak series, a long-term research project launched in the fall of 1997 with the publication of Students Speak: How Kentucky Middle and High School Students View School.

For more information or assistance, please contact:

Carolyn Witt Jones, Director Partnership for Kentucky Schools 600 Cooper Drive Lexington, KY 40502 859-455-9595 (phone) 859-455-9797 (fax) cwjones@pfks.org www.pfks.org

Rona Roberts Roberts & Kay, Inc. 250 Campsie Place Lexington, KY 40508 859-231-8308 (phone) 859-253-9392 (fax) rona@robertsandkay.com www.robertsandkay.com