Press | Voices Of Youth in Chicago Education

About Voyce

Welcome to our press page!

If you are a member of the press, please click here for an overview of VOYCE’s history and accomplishments to date. To set up an interview, please contact our coordinator, Emma Tai, at 773-583-1387 or emma@voyceproject.org. You can find our most recent press releases on our blog.

VOYCE has been featured in publications such as EdWeek, The Nation, The Chicago Tribune and The Chicago Sun-Times for our youth-led solutions to the dropout rate.

Check out the past coverage of VOYCE at the links below!

Chicago Tribune, July 28, 2011 -- "More Tolerance in CPS Code of Conduct"

Chicago Public Radio, July 28, 2011 -- "CPS introduces new code of conduct"

Chicago News Cooperative, July 27, 2011 -- "Chicago Board of Education Meeting: CPS Expanding Full-Day Kindergarten, Revised Code of Conduct, Google Project Tabled"

Tell Me More with Michel Martin (NPR), July 27, 2011 -- "Zero Tolerance Policies Doing More Harm Than Good"

Catalyst Chicago, July 27, 2011 -- "Board Updates Student Rules, Responds to Fired Teachers"

Colorlines, July 18, 2011 -- "Chicago Schools Plow $51M Into Security for 'Zero Tolerance' Rules"

Huffington Post, July 15, 2011 -- "Chicago Students Demand Disciplinary Policy Revisions"

Chicago Sun-Times, July 15, 2011 -- "CPS students want more support, fewer cops in schools"

Chicago Tribune, July 15, 2011 -- "Minority students group rails against zero-tolerance policies, security guards at city schools"

Chicago News Cooperative, July 14, 2011 -- "Report takes aim at CPS priorities"

Chicago Public Radio, July 14, 2011 -- "CPS students demand new discipline policies, meeting with school board"

Catalyst Chicago, July 14, 2011 -- "Students demand CPS curtail suspensions"

Chicago Tribune TV, February 21, 2011--"Students plan to help get out the vote"

NBC Chicago Ward Room, February 21, 2011--"Students Demand New Vision for Schools from New Mayor"

ABC7-Chicago News, February 21, 2011--"Chicago hopes for 50 percent voter turnout"

Chicago Tribune, November 13, 2010--"Young people are the key to education reform" (student-written Letter to the Editor)

MTV News, August 19, 2010 -- "MTV and Get Schooled Host 'Waiting for Superman' Screening"

Represent Magazine, March/April 2009 — “The Dropout Dilemma: Why It Happens, and What One Group of Teens is Doing About It”

The Nation, December 27, 2008 — “Top Ten Youth Activism Victories of 2008”

Edutopia, December 3, 2008 — “Ready for Reform: Student Activism Takes the Lead”

Medill Reports Chicago, November 29, 2008 — “Chicago Students Team with CPS to Lower Dropout Rates”

EdWeek, November 19, 2008 — “Chicago Students to Play Lead Role in Dropout Project”

ABC7-Chicago News, November 13, 2008 — “New Program Aims to Cut Dropout Rate”

Chicago Sun-Times, November 13, 2008 — “CPS Gives Kids a Voice in Cutting Dropout Rate”

Chicago Tribune, November 13, 2008 — “Plan to Tackle Dropout Rate”