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We polled 70,000 kids in fifth through 12th grade and found that students who are engaged, who are on the thriving end of the wellbeing scale, and who are hopeful are approximately four times more likely to qualify as financially literate than disengaged, suffering, or discouraged students.

A Gallup study showed that 77% of students in grades five through 12 said that they want to be their own boss, and 45% plan to start their own business. When we asked the same group if they believed they would "invent something that changes the world," 42% said "yes."

When Gallup-HOPE asked these kids if they were currently interning with a local business, 5% said "yes." So there are about 23 million kids in an entrepreneurial state of mind, but 95% of them aren't getting the attention they need to become entrepreneurs. However, our research also shows that if we can move that 5% up to 25%, we can change the world.

Fazendas São Marcelo’s certification breaks a paradigm and shows that large-scale cattle production can be carried out in accordance with good pasture management, humane treatment of animals, conservation of natural resources and respect for workers and communities,” said Luís Fernando Guedes Pinto, manager of agriculture certification at IMAFLORA.

Student Voice goes way beyond the words “student” and “voice”. It is a process that impacts every student, the staff, and the way a school site does business; a shift in attitude and perspective if you will. Imagine empowering students with meaningful purposes and accompanying tools that will empower them to be effective Academic Leaders for themselves, their peers, their educators, their parents, and in short their school and community.

We all learn from one another, and perhaps that is the most exciting aspect of Student Voice work…we all become learners and leaders! We know that in order for scaled-up collaboration to be effective, we must focus on the same framework.

You have to be more focused and intentional in order for Student Voice to be effective, and you have to understand that while Student Voice is about academic success, the work itself will lead to new perspectives, reframing conversations, and new values for all stakeholders like those included in the AALF whitepaper titled, “The Right to Learn”