Why Outloud
The students who leave usually saw it coming.
Most of what bothers a student never gets said to a teacher, a dean or a head of school. Often the first clear sign is a student leaving. Here is what Outloud does about it.
Catch problems early
Short check-ins at the right moments show you what’s bothering students before it turns into them leaving.
Quick check-in
SampleIn the past two weeks, how often did you have enough time to finish your work?
Almost neverOnce in a whileSometimesOftenAlmost alwaysSkip
Know what to fix first
Trends show what’s rising across students, and “did this fix it?” tells you whether a change worked.
What’s rising
SampleHomework loadLunch lineEssay feedbackDid this fix it?
SampleQuiet place to study
Change madeWeeks beforeWeeks after
Show students they’re heard
Issues move from Heard to Planned to Done where every student can see them, so students see the school responding.
What students see
SampleHeardLunch lineHeard. No plan yet.Essay feedbackHeard. No plan yet.PlannedHomework loadPlan: spread deadlines across the week.DoneQuiet place to studyA room is open at lunch.Invented cards, not from a real school.
Honest answers
Students choose whether to show their name and get coached to be specific, so you hear the real reasons.
Who sees your name?
SampleShow my nameHide my nameTheir answer
Outloud asks
Which class was this?
Research links schools that act on student voice to better attendance and engagement.
Source: a 2025 study in the journal AERA Open.
How it runs
Run for your school, not just software.
We do the running. Your team gets the answers.
We set up the questions
The check-in questions are written and scheduled for your school.
We read the answers
We read what students write and sort it into themes.
We send a monthly brief
Top issues, what’s rising, and what got fixed.
Monthly brief
SampleYour school, this month
Top issues
1Homework load
2Lunch line
What’s rising
Essay feedback
What got fixed
Quiet place to study
Want to hear what your students won’t say out loud?
Bring Outloud to your schoolWhat it stands for
Students deserve to be heard.
Schools that listen keep their students.
Outloud was built by a student founder who knows what students won’t say out loud, and built so those things have somewhere to go: to the people who can do something about them.
Privacy and trust
Careful with what students share.
- Names are never sent to the AI.
- Feedback is scored by Anthropic’s Claude under Anthropic’s Commercial Terms, and is not used to train its models.
- Students can delete their own data from inside the app.
How is this different from a survey?
A long form gets rushed, skipped, or filled with the answers students think you want. Outloud asks a few short questions at a time, coaches students to be specific, and shows them what happened next.
Is it only for complaints?
No. Students say what’s working too. Good feedback comes with what to keep, so you know what’s working and why.
How do students give feedback?
Students give feedback in the app, on a phone or laptop. There is nothing to download: it works in the web browser.
Who sees names?
By default, a student’s name is shown with their post, and posts are public inside the school unless the student keeps one private. Any student can hide their name, and then no name is shown to anyone, staff included.
Can a student tell only the school’s leaders something?
Yes. Students can send something to the school’s leaders only. Other staff aren’t shown it; leaders and Brianna, who runs Outloud, are.
How long does setup take?
Most of the work is on our side. You send a list of students and staff, we set up your school, and every person gets their own sign-in code. We’ll agree a start date with you when we talk.
Can students delete their data?
Yes. Students can delete their account and everything they wrote from inside the app, whenever they want.
How do we get started?
Fill in the short form below and Brianna will be in touch.
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