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Adam Fletcher
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Student-led School Boards!
April 6, 2003 - 12:40 PM
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Students on Boards of Education
STUDENT participation on boards of education is a small part of a much larger movement towards meaningful student involvement throughout education. Since the 1960s this effort has waxed and waned, according to the will of school officials and the sincere interest of students involved. Today that tide is turning, and students across the US are calling for deepened engagement in the decision-making that affects them on all levels - in the classroom, in the auditorium, and in the boardroom.
For information on how this shift is happening, read The Guide to Students on School Boards. Its packed with dozens of resources promoting student involvement, representation, and outcomes from students participating in school boards of education.
You can also read The Webb Report, a massive state-by-state analysis of student participation in state-level decision-making.
Finally you are invited to view www.SoundOut.org, a website promoting meaningful student involvement in school change. The site is packed with examples and resources promoting student empowerment, student voice, and meaningful learning in schools around the world.
This is the future of education.
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Raymond M. Kristiansen
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great resources
April 6, 2003 - 11:04 AM
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Thank you for posting these great resources on student involvement. If now we only could get more information from other countries around the world - what is happening in YOUR country on this area? I will do some research the next week and post another comment here on the situation here in Norway.
"In February 2001 Indiana approved 2 student positions as non-voting members of the state school board." - but what I don't get is.. If the students are only represented by two people, why are the authorities so afraid of giving them voting-power?! A non-voting member of the board is not in much real power, IMO.
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