Connor Flick

Board Member

Connor is a Board Member and worked on the KSVT Coping With Covid project conducting quantitative and qualitative analysis.

Bio

Always keeping a water bottle in hand, Connor Flick (he/him) is an undergraduate student at Brown University studying Computational Biology and expecting to graduate in 2026. Growing up in Northern Kentucky, he has been infatuated with computers for his entire life, occasionally breaking them in his pursuit to understand them. Connor was indirectly exposed to the concept of student voice and advocacy throughout his K-12 career, acquiring an affinity for education justice after experiences on local student councils left him disillusioned with most student leadership efforts. Connor formally began his journey with the Kentucky Student Voice Team at the height of the pandemic in May 2020, joining the Coping With Covid project to conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis along with producing, disseminating, and delivering many of the early reports and presentations later that year. Since then, Connor has continued to support the research, operations, and advocacy branches of KSVT, helping with and leading several projects such as Save Our Seats, ARPA Funding, The Co-Creation Generation, Race to Learn, and even appearing on a few episodes of the Get Schooled podcast. In doing this work, he came into the position of Cross-Organizational Coordinator during his senior year of high school, ensuring the team remained steadfast and effective in its mission to create more just, democratic schools for Kentucky’s young people. Today, Connor serves as an adult member of KSVT’s board, seeking to continue KSVT’s commitment to its mission while assisting with the internal operations of the team. When not tinkering with computers, cells, or social institutions, Connor finds joy in climbing, fencing, napping, reading Wikipedia articles, and having too many tabs open on his computer.

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Notable Contributions

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Time to Talk: A Qualitative Study of Students' Perspectives on Diversity and Representation in their Classrooms

Reports

This report presents findings from a Kentucky Student Voice Team 2024 study into students’ experiences with and perspectives on cultural diversity and racial representation in their classrooms and schools.

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Youth Perspectives on Designing Equitable Out-of-School-Time Programs

Reports

A brief report alongside the Wallace Foundation on how young people from marginalized communities may experience out-of-school-time programming, including that they are sometimes treated differently because of race, gender identity or other factors.

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Race To Learn

Reports

This study distills the results from the 10,725 Kentucky middle and high school students from 114 counties who took our Race, Ethnicity, and School Climate Student Survey.

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The Co-Creation Generation

Reports

We partnered with the Institute for Citizens & Scholars to release a report about intergenerational partnership. The report and tools are meant to help young people and adults build teams that center youth voice to build coalitions and communities.

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Coping with COVID-19

Reports

When Kentucky schools shut down due to coronavirus in the spring of 2020, we pivoted our school-level school climate work to design a relevant state-wide research study and recieved nearly 13,000 student responses from all of Kentucky's counties.

Kentucky Student Voice Team Releases Report on Racial Diversity & Inclusion in School

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Youth-led research expands upon 2022 ‘Race to Learn’ study that gathered over 10,000 Kentucky student survey responses.

Beyond Bathroom Passes: A Conversation With Young Adults About Their Earlier Out-of-School-Time Experiences as Co-Designers of the Kentucky Student Voice Team

Updates

Edited excerpts from the transcript of a May 17, 2023 virtual roundtable with our young adult network to reconnect and reflect on the long-term impact of their out-of-school high school experiences with KSVT.

Kentucky Students Launch Independent Education Media Service

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Young people from the Kentucky Student Voice Team published the first articles on The New Edu, a new youth-led education media service.

KSVT Adds Students & Adult Allies to Board

Updates

Thirteen students and two adult allies were appointed Directors of the Kentucky Student Voice Team on Friday. The intergenerational Board of Directors reflects KSVT’s mission to promote more democratic schools and communities.

Kentucky Students Praise Student Free Speech Supreme Court Ruling

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Save Our Seats

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