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Andrew’s Journal: A Cross-Country Trip to Build Student Voice

May 31, 2016 1:34

College student Andrew Brennen has been traveling the country this year in an effort to persuade K-12 students to lend their own voices to the debate about the future of education. Education Week Video

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