“Many children struggle in schools…because the way they are being taught is incompatible with the way they learn,” Peter Senge said.

Have you ever sat through a lecture and felt you were retaining no information? Imagine having the opportunity to give your teacher a grade?

Think about it. Teachers get paid to teach and grade you on your performance, shouldn’t we be able to evaluate their performances too?

Ultimately, it’s your education on the line. If students were given the power to grade their teachers, it would create a more inclusive classroom where all learning styles were considered. 

Student feedback could be an amazing tool. It’s normal that a teacher may feel like their style of teaching isn’t making sense. They spend hours making lesson plans and wanting their students to engage.

Why assume your students will like it when you could ask? By providing students with a voice and a choice, it would help our educators acknowledge what is effective and what is not. 

Many teachers, especially in higher grades, like to think more peer to peer, wanting open communication with their students. What better way to create a healthy, communicative relationships between students than allowing them a say in their learning?

When given the opportunity to voice their opinions, educators could possibly feel more motivated to connect better and feel a sense of accomplishment due to engagement of the students.

School is meant for learning, not only for students but adults too. We can all help each other out with this exchange of information.