🎥 Video: Students for Students: Advocacy to Reform Education by Reva Gandhi
Description: In this TEDx talk, Reva Gandhi discusses the importance of student advocacy in reforming education systems. She emphasizes how students can take active roles in shaping their educational experiences and the broader system.
🚀 Now Take Action!
✅ Research one issue in education (e.g., accessibility, outdated curricula, lack of innovation).
✅ Write an open letter or social media post addressing decision-makers on this issue.
✅ Organize or participate in a local discussion/workshop on education reform.
🏅 Get Your Badge:
📌 Share your open letter or event participation proof to earn the "Education Changemaker" activity badge.
🌍 Who Is Behind This Activity?
Cities of Learning Network partners invite you to learn and take action on European Youth Goal #8: Quality Learning. We value your contributions and want to reward you with badge recognition.
📌 Project Partners:
🔹 System&G, Greece – Lead Partner
🔹 CODEC, Belgium
🔹 Badgecraft, Lithuania
🔹 System&G, Finland
💬 Contact us for more details about the Erasmus+ co-funded project "European Youth Goals for Cities of Learning".
Disclaimer: We are grateful for the ideas generated by youth leaders and youth workers during the international study visits. To create this activity, humans collaborated with AI using the Youth Goals Hub GPT custom-built version, informed and inspired by the best youth work practices.
🏅 Badge Description for Activity 4: Shaping Education – Your Voice Matters
This badge is awarded to individuals who have actively engaged in education advocacy by identifying key challenges in the education system and taking steps to raise awareness or influence decision-makers. Badge earners have demonstrated their ability to research educational issues, express their viewpoints, and contribute to discussions on education reform.
This badge recognizes the earner’s commitment to making education more inclusive and effective, their ability to articulate concerns and solutions, and their active participation in driving change within the education system.
Tarefas
Task no.1
Evidence verified by: one activity member
To earn this badge, recipients have:
✔ Researched a critical issue in education (e.g., accessibility, outdated curricula, lack of innovation) and analyzed its impact.
✔ Written an open letter or a social media post addressing decision-makers or the public, advocating for improvements in education.
✔ Organized or participated in a local discussion/workshop focused on education reform and youth involvement in shaping learning policies.
Provide your evidence with a photo, a text or even a link.
A Badgecraft roda uma infra-estrutura web para Cidades e Regiões de Aprendizagem. O consórcio Europeu desenvolve esta plataforma com o co-financiamento do programa da União Europeia Erasmus+