In Connecticut, state leaders are giving students a say in pandemic recovery, investing more than $1.5 million in a statewide competition called Voice4Change that empowers young people to propose and vote on ideas for spending Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds in their schools. In this panel from CCSSO’s 2023 Legislative Conference, Connecticut Commissioner of Education Charlene Russell-Tucker leads a conversation with two students and a teacher at Danbury High School about how these resources are supporting student engagement and addressing critical needs. Read more on CCSSO’s States Leading blog.
Speakers:
-Charlene Russell-Tucker, Connecticut commissioner of education
-Chapal Bhavsar, former student, Danbury High School
-Viviana Flores, former student, Danbury High School
-Heather Lorenz, social studies teacher, Danbury High School
To see other panel discussions from CCSSO’s event Investment to Impact: ESSER in the States, click here.
To learn more about CCSSO’s COVID Relief Data Project, click here.
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