Education2026-05-17
OPINION: Putting students on school boards treats young people as participants in their own democracy, but only if adults listen to them
Public school is the first place most Americans meet democracy. It is also, for almost all of them, the last place they experience it without a vote. School boards are elected by adults, staffed by adults and run for adults. They make decisions every week about buildings full of young people who ge
By The Hechinger Report

Public school is the first place most Americans meet democracy
It is also, for almost all of them, the last place they experience it without a vote
School boards are elected by adults, staffed by adults and run for adults
They make decisions every week about buildings full of young people who ge