Students as education decision-makers

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Engaging students as education decision-makers is the practice of actively teaching young people responsibility for their education by systematically engaging them in making choices about learning, schooling, and the education system in areas ranging from what affects them personally to what affects an entire student body to what affects the entire school system.

Today, students around the world are involved in choosing curricula, calendar year planning, school building design, teacher hiring, and many more issues. They join boards of education at all levels, including local, district, and state boards. Some education agencies engage students as staff in programs where they make decisions about grant making, school assessment, and other areas. Students are also participate in decision-making by establishing and enforcing codes of conduct and in personal education decision-making, such as choosing classes and deciding whether or not to attend school.

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• "Choices for Children: Why and How to Let Students Decide" (September, 1993).
• Meaningful Student Involvement Guide to Students as Partners in School Change (2005).
• The Guide to Students on School Boards
• National Assessment of Student Involvement in Education Decision-Making