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Mitra, Dana L. – Youth & Society, 2009
School environments offer a particularly difficult setting for fostering youth-adult partnerships because of the sharp power and status distinctions among students, teachers, and administrators. Drawing on interview and observational data examining 13 student-voice initiatives in northern California, this research examines the type of supports…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship, Student Empowerment, Student Participation
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Mitra, Dana L. – International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning, 2006
Drawing on the parallel literature on increasing student voice in the field of education and on building youth-adult partnerships in the youth development field, this article examines the place of young people in efforts to increase social justice in school settings. Through an examination of thirteen youth-adult partnership initiatives, it…
Descriptors: High School Students, Adolescent Development, Student Empowerment, Participative Decision Making