Policy Toolkit
Student Voice on Boards
The Student Representation and Student Member policies outline the primary methods and structures for the Board to engage with students and receive student input to inform decision-making. One policy establishes a “student advisory council” to engage student representatives from all high schools in the district, while the second policy involves voting student members of the board. (Developed in partnership with Our Turn)
Student Engagement in California
Students and education leaders in California created the Student Advisory Board on Education (SABE), a gold standard of student engagement that shows us what’s possible when we dream together with students.
Research, Data, Evidence
Students Serving on School Boards: Democratic Education in Action
School leaders and educators are not only role models to students, but also visionaries of democratic education. As a philosophy, democratic education emphasizes the mission of schools to prepare students to act democratically out of a sense of equality and autonomy. Read MoreOutcomes of Student Engagement with School Boards
Impacts affect primarily four different audiences. Students on school boards can affect the student representative themselves; adult school board members; students throughout the affected education system, and; the larger communities that the schools serve. Read More
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The Toolkit was created in partnership with Our Turn
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