Raima Dutt

Raima Dutt

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Louisville, Kentucky

Senior Advisor & Board Member

Bio

Raima Dutt is a Senior Advisor and Board Member and formerly served as the Research Coordinator, Co-Cross Organizational Lead, and Board Co-President at the Kentucky Student Voice Team.

She joined the team her sophomore year of high school, during the construction of KSVT's Race to Learn Survey, serving as an analyst on over 10,000 Kentucky middle and high school students' responses to a survey on race, ethnicity, and school climate. She quickly jumped in to lead other statewide research projects such as Time to Talk, Data Navigating Our Futures, and the Rose Revival Campaign. 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. She extended this vision outside of KSVT, serving as the former Chair of the Kentucky Department of Education’s Student Advisory Council.

In her free time, Raima loves to play piano, attend concerts (Gracie Abrams especially), and go on sunset drives.

Raima is a 2024 graduate of duPont Manual High School in Louisville and a current undergraduate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, studying public policy and business.

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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.  

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.

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.”

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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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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.

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Meet the Students Leading KSVT this Year

Updates

Each school year, a new group of high school students lead our team’s work and join the board of directors as previous student members continue to guide and advise as they enter college and careers as senior advisors.

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

Updates

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

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Kentucky Student Voice Team Reflects on a Year of Impact

Updates

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

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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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