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11:33 am Thursday, September 8, 2016

Massey noted with Speak Up award

Matt Massey, Superintendent of Madison County Schools, has received the Speak Up - Shout Out Award. CONTRIBUTED

Matt Massey, Superintendent of Madison County Schools, has received the Speak Up – Shout Out Award. CONTRIBUTED

MADISON COUNTY – Matt Massey, Superintendent of Madison County Schools, is one of 20 superintendents in the United States that the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) has recognized for raising student and community voices.

Massey was honored with the inaugural “Speak Up Shout Out Award” for the district’s exceptional participation in the Speak Up Research Project for Digital Learning. The project’s aim is to promote communication among students, parents, educators and the community about technology in the classroom.

“More than 2,600 districts participated in Speak Up 2015, but these 20 superintendents stood out to us for their commitment to raising the voices of their stakeholders, notably students, parents, community members and educators at all levels,” Project Tomorrow CEO Julie Evans said. “Speak Up, in addition to being a national research project, is a free service open to all schools.”

“We are thrilled to see so many taking advantage of the online surveys and national reports,” Evans said.

Daniel A. Domenech, AASA Executive Director, said superintendents across the country “are dealing with an array of educational technology opportunities. Speak Up offers a platform so they can learn directly from their stakeholders.” Massey and the other honored superintendents have worked as “leaders in the effective use of technology for learning.”

Speak Up is an initiative of Project Tomorrow, a nonprofit organization that is leading empowerment of student voices in education. Each year, the Speak Up Research Project polls students in grades K-12, along with their parents and teachers, about the role of technology for learning — both in and out of school.

This survey represents the largest collection of authentic, unfiltered stakeholder voices on digital learning. Since fall 2003, more than 4 million students in grades K-12, their families and educators have shared their views and ideas through Speak Up.

In the community, college professors, business professionals and policy leaders regularly use the Speak Up data to inform federal, state and local education programs.

For more information, visit tomorrow.org; on the “Program” menu, click “Speak Up.”

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