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We hear a lot about students who are not engaged in school.  

But what happens when schools begin to do things differently to give students more control over their education — in everything from hiring staff to student discipline policies?  

MPR News host Angela Davis shares a conversation she moderated this spring with high school students, principals and teachers from three public schools who are finding new ways to support student leaders. 

A technical high school on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota is helping students explore careers and

Indigenous identity. A small public charter high school in Brooklyn Park involves students resolving discipline issues. And, at a small-town school in southeastern Minnesota high school students help out in the elementary school classrooms.  

The panel discussion was held May 7 in Minneapolis at an annual education reform gathering called “

” convened by the Minneapolis-based nonprofit organization 

 and supported by the Bush Foundation.  

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MPR News with Angela Davis, students, teachers and principals at three public schools talk about the benefit of involving students in everything from hiring to student discipline.  

Putting students at the center of their own education

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