MEDIA COVERAGE REPORT

SXSWedu 2015
TITLE: Talking About Great Teachers at SXSWedu
AUTHOR: Elissa Nadworny | OUTLET: NPR.org, KPBS
DATE: March 17, 2015
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Zak Malamed, Founder of Student Voice

Mr. Bua only taught Malamed one elective at his suburban New York middle school,
but that didn't matter. He was someone who was there to support me and my
interests outside of the classroom, Malamed says. He inspired me to be much more
than just a student.
Malamed remembers Bua staying after school and spending time working on a big
social awareness project. He helped me begin to find relevance and purpose in my
learning experience.
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TITLE: Six Things We Learned At South By Southwest EDU

AUTHOR: Eric Westervelt and Anya Kamenetz | OUTLET: NPR.org
DATE: March 15, 2015
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2) Students are speaking up and asserting their rights.

Zak Malamed is a junior at the University of Maryland and the founder of
Student Voice, which organized a summit at the event bringing students in on
every panel. The ideal is that students are a part of every single conversation
that influences their experience, he says. The nonpartisan organization has
launched a bill of rights for all students, which includes the rights to freedom of
expression, to meaningful participation in decision making and to diversity and
inclusion. The bill is now viewable online, open to voting, amendment and
comments. And Student Voice has introduced a data tool that will track
information about how many people participate in the process. The trick here
is making sure that when you're bringing students to the table, you're not just
cherry-picking students, he says. Not just tapping into the voices that you tend
to hear.

TITLE: Many students wired at school feel digital divide at home

AUTHOR: Caitlin Emma | OUTLET: POLITICO
DATE: March 24, 2015
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At SXSWedu in Austin, Texas, this month, there was little talk among conference
speakers of getting students connected at home, though it came up occasionally in
question-and-answer sessions.
It seems like all of the sessions arent geared toward [home connectivity], but
whenever theres an opportunity for Q&A, everyone wants to ask about it, said Zak
Malamed of the advocacy group Student Voice, who was among the thousands who
flocked to Austin.
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TITLE: Student Rights & Voices Take Center Stage
AUTHOR: Daniel Kao | OUTLET: GettingSmart
DATE: March 18, 2015
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Student rights is not just a list of things that a student should be able to do. Student
rights is a mindset that empowers students to take control of their own learning,
education, and lives This past week marked a historical point in the history of
student rights this year was the first time that there were a significant amount of
students taking part in the conversations happening at SXSWedu.
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TITLE: 70 Difference Makers at SXSWedu

AUTHOR: GettingSmart Staff | OUTLET: GettingSmart
DATE: March 17, 2015
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The most exciting element of SXSWedu is the chance to meet, learn, and collaborate
with other educators, EdLeaders and edupreneurs. Heres 70 impact players,
conversation leaders, and solution builders the difference makers we met in Austin.
Startups
1. Daniel Kao (@Diplateevo) founder of Evocado, Web and Systems Administrator
for Student Voice and GenDIY contributor.

TITLE: Why Student Voice Matters: Listening to Students at SXSWedu

AUTHOR: Tara Subramaniam | OUTLET: EdSurge
DATE: March 16, 2015
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When you think of SXSW, the first thing that comes to mind probably isn't the threeday education conference that precedes the interactive film and music festival that
draws over 50,000 people to Austin, Texas. And even when you picture a typical
education conference, most people don't normally expect there to be students in
attendance.
Despite the fact that the purpose of education is theoretically for the betterment of the
students, they are often absent at these conferences and other conversations about
education that affect them the most. This year, the nonprofit Student Voice aimed to
change that with the first ever student-led education summit at SXSWedu, called The
State and Future of Student Rights...
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TITLE: Making student voices matter at SXSWedu

AUTHOR: Teri Sperry | OUTLET: AltEd Autsin
DATE: March 19, 2015
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I spent much of last week at SXSWedu immersed in presentations, panels, workshops,

films, and informal discussions about education. For me, the most exciting part of the
conference was The State and Future of Student Rights, a summit organized by the
student-run nonprofit Student Voice. According to the organizations founder and
executive director, Zak Malamed, the summit was responsible for increasing SXSWedu
student attendance by more than tenfold!
One of the most controversial issues in education today is assessment of
knowledgethe ways we measure understanding and determine students future
prospects. Most often, students are left out of these conversations and policy
decisions. In The Right to Fair Assessment, moderated by Zak Malamed panelists
and audience members discussed the fairness of standardized testing and alternative
forms of assessment.

TITLE: Trashing paper textbooks for digital? Not quite.

AUTHOR: Greta Kaul | OUTLET: San Francisco Chronicle
DATE: March 6, 2015
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Daniel Kao, a 20-year-old Cupertino native who studies at UC San Diego, said many of
his professors simply post course readings online as PDFs. He likes digital textbooks
better than traditional ones.
I've gone mostly paperless with my life, so its just a lot easier for me to kind of
manage different things, especially in a field like computer science where a lot of it is
done a lot of your work is done on a computer, Kao said.

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BROADCAST
TITLE: Student Voice Aims to Change the Education Narrative
AUTHOR: Dr. Rod Berger | OUTLET: Scholastic Blog: Down the Hall
DATE: March 23, 2015
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Times are changing. Were starting

to see more students show up at
events all around the country with
regards to education and education
technology. SXSWedu is no different.
We had an opportunity to speak
with Zak Malamed, the Executive
Director of Student Voice. Learn how their new student Bill of Rights is going to change the way we
think about students and solving problems around the country and how we give them a seat at the
table. So this is so refreshingto be able to talk, Zakabout the student position in education and
most notably their voice tell us about Student Voice.