Participation in Education

Abstract

This chapter describes how participation in education has developed, including the motivations for it and the successful tactics that have emerged. The most common settings and networks for participation and list some questions to help readers evaluate their own communities and school systems. The school system is a large institutional presence in almost every community, and education often attracts more attention, allegiance, and concern than any other public issue. Public participation in education has been shaped by a number of separate but related priorities, including family involvement in student learning, finances and budgeting, redistricting and closures, standards and testing, achievement gaps, and safety and bullying. The most important step is simply for communities and school systems to take stock of their existing assets, consider the kinds of participation activities they want to foster and support, and make changes to enable the education system to operate in more democratic ways.

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