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Tag: Jen Wilka

Home Posts Tagged "Jen Wilka"

Rethinking What Constitutes Impact

March 30, 2021Jay Kustkacep, Jen Wilka, News, Phil Buchanan, Sonya Heisters
By Phil Buchanan, Sonya Kendall Heisters, and Jen Vorse Wilka Foundations and individual donors need to reconceive impact in a way that puts hearing firsthand the experiences of those they seek to help front and center. If any area illustrates this point, it is education. After all, listening to students should not be a radical...

As Learning Changes, It’s Time for Students to Weigh In

May 15, 2020Jay KustkaJen Wilka, Students Weigh In

With schools gone virtual and live conversations with students no longer possible, listening to students can feel harder than ever. There is always an inherent challenge for teachers, administrators, and education funders in authentically listening to students, given the power dynamics at play. But now, with new challenges of physical distance and an increased potential…

New Report Reveals Increase in Bullying

October 22, 2018Jay KustkaNo Commentsbullying, bullying is on the rise, Jen Wilka, Quincy Junior High, Scott Ramsey, Washington State

San Francisco – A new report released this week by YouthTruth shows that 1 in 3 students experienced bullying in the 2017-18 school year — up from just over 1 in 4 students two years ago. Further analysis illustrates that some students are experiencing bullying at higher or increasing rates depending on a student’s race, whether they are…

How’s Your School Culture? ESSA Says It’s Important, but Only 1 in 3 Students Nationwide Think It’s Good

February 18, 2017ytadminAaron Brengard, Big Picture School, Bob Pletka, Evergreen School District, Fullerton, Jen Wilka, Kate Stringer, Katherine Smith Elementary, Lafayette, New York, The 74

“YouthTruth’s executive director, Jen Vorse Wilka, said she was not surprised by the results, adding that culture is one of the hardest things to change in school or the workplace.” . . .

YouthTruth Executive Director Blogs for Education Week

April 28, 2016ytadminEducation Week, Finding Common Ground, Jen Wilka, Peter deWitt

Jen Wilka, Executive Director of YouthTruth, guest blogged for Education Week’s Finding Common Ground, . . .

3 Questions to Guide Your Use of Student Feedback

April 28, 2016Jay KustkaEducation Week, Jen Wilka, Resources
Jen Wilka is executive director at YouthTruth Education is one of the few industries, perhaps the only one, in which everyone has a firsthand experience and a valid opinion. That translates into lots of ideas from various stakeholders about what should be done differently to improve schools. But why is it that the ideas of...

Long-Time Staff Member Selected to Lead Growing Team

August 12, 2015ytadminExecutive Director, Jen Wilka

Jen Vorse Wilka has been named executive director of YouthTruth . . .

YouthTruth’s Jen Vorse Wilka Reflects On One School’s Experience

January 29, 2013ytadminBrennan Sapp, Jen Wilka, Scott High School

Jen Vorse Wilka, YouthTruth Manager, shares . . .

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