Democracy in Schools and the Local Community : Citizenship Foundation

A leaflet on setting up a school council, and youth participation in local democracy.

I Was a Teenage Governor : Citizenship Foundation and IPPR

Project report phase 1: Pupil Governorship: initial thoughts and possibilities

Giving Children a Voice - what next? a study from one primary school

Exploring participation : report of Afasic's enquiry into participation by children and young people with speech and language empairments in the process of formal decision making about their education

The Learning School : conducting and promoting school self-evaluation where student stakeholders are key participants and contributors

An example of blogging used for School Council activity:

'PupilCouncilOnline : Musselburgh Grammar School's Pupil Council is a small group representing all 1342 pupils in the school. This interactive weblog allows the Council to share their decisions with their fellow students, and allows the students to bite back.'

(But I've noticed that the last blog seems to have been in May 2005!? Still, a great idea. - Beth)