How Students Can Help Build Better Education Policy

Autor/inn/en	Jeffrey, Ashley; Bograd, Sadie
Institution	Center for American Progress (CAP)
Titel	How Students Can Help Build Better Education Policy
Quelle	(2021), (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Educational Policy; Policy Formation; Governance; Student Role; State Boards of Education; Student Participation; Student Attitudes; Low Income Students; Disadvantaged; Public Policy; Participative Decision Making; Meetings; Inclusion; Internship Programs; Foreign Countries; Budgets; Grants; Comparative Education; Public Agencies; Government School Relationship; Kindergarten; Elementary Secondary Education; Europe; Australia; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politische Betätigung; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Finanzierung; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Schülerverhalten; Öffentliche Ordnung; Meeting; Tagung; Inklusion; Berufspraktische Ausbildung; Ausland; Finanzhaushalt; Grant; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Öffentliche Einrichtung; Europa; Australien; USA
Abstract	While students comprise the largest population of educational stakeholders in the United States, they are rarely included in education governance at any level. Although they are among those most affected by education policy choices, they are often left out of education policy decision-making. As of 2019, only 23 states included student members on their state Board of Education, which sets school policy. The majority of those students were nonvoting members, so their influence at the state level was limited. When it comes to education policymaking at the federal level, the U.S. Department of Education uses a few strategies to incorporate student input. When it is sought, student input often comes through anecdotal stories shared at roundtables or from internships or other student outreach initiatives. Importantly, students from low-income communities and other marginalized backgrounds should have a seat at the policymaking table because these are the very students whom federal policies purport to help. This issue brief discusses the importance of community-centered policymaking and outlines how the Education Department can most effectively incorporate student voice into its policymaking processes. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Center for American Progress. 1333 H Street NW 10th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. Tel: 202-682-1611; Web site: http://www.americanprogress.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01