The Politics of Student Voice: The Power and Potential of Students as Policy Actors. Issue 1 (January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Welton, Anjalé D.; Mansfield, Katherine Cumings; Salisbury, Jason D.
• Other Names: Welton Anjalé D. guest-editor.; Mansfield Katherine Cumings guest-editor.; Salisbury Jason D. guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Educational policy. Volume 36:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 3
• Page End: 18
• Publication Date: 2022-01
• Subjects: student voice -- student leadership -- education policy -- politics of education -- democratic education; Education and state -- United States -- Periodicals; Education -- Periodicals; 379.2
• DOI: 10.1177/08959048211059718
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0895-9048

Abstract

Historically and contemporarily students have been critical to bringing issues of justice in education policy to the fore. Yet, there have been limited formal spaces that elevate student voice scholarship in educational policy. In response, this Politics of Education Association (PEA) Yearbook Issue of Educational Policy aims to serve as a platform for opening up new areas for investigation, especially connections between theory to practice specific to student voice in educational policy and the politics of education. This collection of feature articles and research briefs offer diverse examples of how students are influencing change in education policy and practice, while also presenting the political realities and tensions that emerge when students participate in policy leadership activities.