2015 Preliminary Data Student Snapshot

Check out our third preliminary data snapshot of the week from this year's Speak Up survey! This one is on middle school student data pulled from 80,501 student surveys as of 12/4/15.




If you have not already, please take a moment to complete the Speak Up Survey as today is National Speak Up Day!

By giving 15 minutes of your time to Speak Up Day, you can make sure your voice is heard loud and clear from classrooms to the halls of Congress, from state capitols to boardrooms.  Ensure that policymakers are making those important program and funding decisions based upon real data from real education stakeholders – you!   

To “Speak Up,” simply visit http://www.speakup4schools.org/speakup2015 to take the survey by Dec. 18^th!

We would like everyone to have a voice in the future of how technology is used in our nation’s schools.  So, please share this link with your friends, students, teachers, parents, administrators, community organizations, members, affiliates or anyone who has a passion for improving education and ask them to take the Speak Up survey TODAY. 

Watch today's Speak Up Congressional Briefing LIVE at 2PM ET/ 11AM PT

Please join us for the release of the Speak Up 2013 National Findings for Teachers, Administrators and Parents via our live stream feed.

Go to the following link: http://bit.ly/SUCBLive today at 2PM ET/11am PT to watch it live!

This is the second of two Congressional Briefings on the data results from the 403,000 online Speak Up surveys submitted from education stakeholders nationwide in fall 2013. The June 2nd briefing will include a presentation of the national findings and a moderated panel discussion on the impact of digital learning tools to support college and career readiness in K-12 schools with leaders in the education field. This year’s national report, “The New Digital Learning Playbook, Advancing College and Career Ready Skill Development in K-12 Schools” will be available for download to all those tuning in.

Special Guest Speakers

Joseph South, Deputy Director, Office of Educational Technology, U.S. Department of Education

Mark Belles, Senior Vice President, K-12, Blackboard

Panelists

Dr. Katherine Bihr, Vice President and Executive Director, Tiger Woods Learning Center Foundation

Tamika V. Culbreath, Reading/ English Language Arts Teacher, Prince Georges County Public Schools

Monet Deadwyler, Rising Senior, Cesar Chavez Public Charter School for Public Policy at Capitol Hill

Breck DeWitt, CTO and National Director K12 and Higher Education, EMC Corporation

Dr. Patrick Murphy, Superintendent, Arlington Public Schools, 2014 Virginia Superintendent of the Year

We encourage you to take the conversation online and live tweet during the briefing! Don't forget to mention @SpeakUpEd/@ProjectTomorrow and/or#SpeakUpBriefing so we can see what you have to say!

To download a copy of the first report on K-12 Student data, "The New Digital Learning Playbook: Understanding the Spectrum of Students’ Activities and Aspirations” please click here.

If you need additional information about Speak Up or the Congressional Briefing, please contact: Jenny Hostert on the Speak Up Team at jhostert@tomorrow.org