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Empower Student Voice

Students are our future, but they are also problem solvers for today! Read and discuss issues important to kids, and encourage them to share their insights and ideas and use their voices to be heard.
By: National Education Association
Published: January 8, 2021

Books of the month:

Books of the month:

Elementary

Speak Up

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Speak Up

by Miranda Paul

On a busy school day, a diverse group of kids discover positive ways to make their many voices heard.
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Middle Grade

From the Desk of Zoe Washington

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From the Desk of Zoe Washington

by Janae Marks

Zoe has never met her incarcerated father, so when she gets a letter from him on her twelfth birthday, she secretly writes back and begins a quest to discover if he was, as he says, wrongly convicted.
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Young Adult

Say Her Name

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Say Her Name

by Zetta Elliott

A tribute to the strength, creativity, and resilience of Black girls and women, this collection of powerful poems is a protest march on paper, offering readers empowerment and encouragement to act when confronted with injustice.
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