Community Voices · Aug 31 – Sep 25, 2026
We’re listening. Take a seat.
Thirty minutes, face to face. We’re learning what people need to see and understand about how their schools are led — and what already works.
Window: August 31 – September 25, 2026 · Labor Day (Sept 7) excluded.
What a session actually is.
This is research, not a sales call. The questions and the time are published before you book — so no one sits down wondering what they will be asked.
Pick a time. Detroit voices have 25 reserved seats; every other community shares the open 50.
Five short sections, about five minutes each. Worded for your seat — community, school leader, or central office.
De-identified and grouped with everyone else’s. Never a student's name. Recorded only if you say yes.
What we learn is shared back in the open. Leaders see the aggregate themes before anything is public.
The five sections — worded for your seat.
Four seats, one shape. This is grace from different angles: we’re learning what people need to see, and what already works.
Community
parents · students · families · partners
- Your seat — who you are in this school community.
- What you see today — where your answers come from now.
- What would help — what would make the picture easier to see.
- When it worked — a time the schools came through for you.
- Worth seeing — the one thing you'd love to see shared, in the open.
School leaders
principals · APs · teachers
- Your building — what you and your team carry.
- What you reach for — the information you use, and where it lives.
- What would help — what would make it easier to see and share.
- When it worked — a time support arrived right on time.
- Worth seeing — what your school does well that deserves a bigger window.
Central office
cabinet · directors · coordinators
- Your work — what your team carries for schools every day.
- What you run — the systems and reports your team already keeps.
- What supports you — the structures behind the work, and what would strengthen them.
- When it worked — a process your team built that did its job.
- Worth seeing — work you're proud of that the community never gets to see.
Community leaders & employers
employers · chambers · workforce boards · nonprofits · faith & civic leaders
- Your seat — who you are in this community, and who you serve or employ.
- What you see today — what tells you how the schools are doing now, and where that comes from.
- What would help — what would make that picture easier to read from where you sit.
- When it worked — a time your organization and the schools moved together.
- Worth seeing — the one thing about these schools the whole community should get to see.
Board members and candidates use the school-leader set, plus an invitation to the founding research study — at no cost. Every version is published right here.
In the open
This research is conducted by EdJustice Collective , which is pursuing IACET Authorized Provider status — in progress. The standard requires a documented needs analysis; these conversations are that record. IACET is the national continuing-education standard, held by professional programs at institutions like these:
There’s a seat with your name on it.
Thirty minutes. Five short sections. What you say shapes what gets built — de-identified, aggregate only, shared back in the open.
Want to understand the questions first? Read the Eight Governance Questions →
Learn more about past work and founder stories on LinkedIn →
EdJustice Collective · Build Systems. Promote Justice. · The Governance Seal — in progress
