Raima Dutt

Research Coordinator, Cross-Org Coordinator & Board Co-President

Bio

Raima Dutt (she/her) is a co-lead for the team's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Research and Policy work, a member of the Board, and an analyst for the KSVT's Race to Learn Study, based on over 10,000 Kentucky middle and high school students' responses to a survey on race, ethnicity, and school climate.

Outside of KSVT, Raima is involved in her school’s speech team, girl up club, golf team, and key club. Additionally, Raima serves as a member of the Kentucky Department of Education’s Student Advisory Council. In her free time she loves to play piano, bake, and spend time with her friends & family.

As a part of KSVT, Raima’s vision is to create intergenerational partnerships where student voices are equally as respected and taken into account as adult partners in the education field.

Raima is a junior at duPont Manual High School in Jefferson County.

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Raima Dutt

Legislative

An Intimate Conversation with Jefferson County's School Board Candidates

Our schools' primary stakeholders may be too young to vote for those who represent us on our district school boards, but we're note too young to have a voice in the process. Our Youth-Led Virtual Town Hall was centered around ways to make Kentucky schools more equitable. We pushed candidates to share their plans to make resources more accessible to underserved students as well as to better support our district’s educators.

Raima Dutt

11.8.2022

Legislative

We Were Impacted by the Old National Bank Shooting. We Need Better Gun Control Legislation.

Following the Old National Bank shooting in Louisville, two students speak to being indirectly impacted by gun violence–and call for change.

Minhal Nazeer

5.30.2023

Opinion

Young Kentuckians have essential role in realizing Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream

Across Kentucky, young people are taking to heart MLK’s admonition from a Birmingham jail cell that “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

Andrew Brennen

1.16.2023

Notable Contributions

Data to Navigate Our Futures Poll

Reports

Through a collaborative partnership with the Data Quality Campaign, we found that high school students want access to data to navigate their own futures while superintendents want better access for district and school decisionmaking.

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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.

Kentucky Student Voice Team Reflects on a Year of Impact

Updates

Education research, policy, and advocacy led by Kentucky youth produce measurable results.

New National Polling Highlights That Students and Superintendents Alike Want Access to Data

Updates

High school students want access to data to navigate their own futures while superintendents want better access for district and school decisionmaking.

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.

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