WRITING

Opinion Pieces.
Public Engagements.

Past articles, interviews, and collaborative publications.

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Past Articles

Innovation in Appalachia: Digital Badging for Social Change

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Student Voice: My Journey from Kentucky’s Rural Poverty to Wellesley — and Across the Empathy Gap

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Poor Students Need More from Policymakers

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Student Voice & EdSurge pieces

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Press & Interviews

Student Voice: Students Win in Legislature

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Voices from Rural America on Why (or Why Not) to Go to College

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Photo: David Stephenson for The Chronicle

Free Entrance Exams Open a Path to College

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Amanda Wahlstedt, second from left, testifies alongside three Student Voice Team members before a Kentucky House panel
Student testimony in Frankfort, February 2015. Photo: Herald-Leader.

Students persuade House panel to give them a role in selecting school superintendents

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The Leaders of Tomorrow: Illuminating Student Voices

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Cross-REL Event, Student Voice Perspective: Amanda Wahlstedt

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Collaborative Publications

Cover of Uncovering the Tripwires to Postsecondary Success

Uncovering the Tripwires to Postsecondary Success

A student-led investigation into barriers in the transition from high school to postsecondary education.

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Cover of Ready or Not: Stories from the Students Behind the Statistics

Ready or Not: Stories from the Students Behind the Statistics

Student narratives and research on college readiness and postsecondary transitions in Kentucky.

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