Talk to Teachers: Students Share How and Why They’d Change Education

By Katrina Schwartz
November 15, 2015

This article describes a lesson in persuasive writing for high school juniors developed by an Oakland, California teacher. After studying an historic essay written by James Baldwin, students were asked to write persuasive essays detailing how they feel education could be changed to better fit their needs. The article links to audio files of six students reading their essays detailing their views on education reform.

Source Organization: MindShift

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