Let the Kids Rule School Boards
In the Midst of a Bipartisan Attack on Their Educational Rights, It’s Time for Young People to Fight Back
California kids, do you follow the news about the culture wars over the boards that oversee your schools?
If you do, you’ll see these wars portrayed as political contests between groups that want to take education in different directions. You’ll see reports about loud conflicts between progressives and right-wingers, and fights between parents’ groups and teachers’ unions.
But you won’t hear much about the role of students in these debates. Because there isn’t one. School boards are meetings of adult politicians; kids are rarely even present (much less heard) in those loud …
