We speak with Dr. Daniel Schugurensky and Tara Bartlett of Arizona State University and Madison Rock of the Center for the Future of Arizona about school participatory budgeting in Arizona and worldwide. Students, and sometimes parents and school staff, determine how a pool of money will be spent. By participating in democratic, meaningful decision-making, students become acclimated to civic engagement. Trust and other positive elements of school climate increase as well.
Overview
00:00-01:04 Intros
01:04-04:36 Overview of School Participatory Budgeting (SPB)
04:36-05:17 Arizona State University involvement
05:17-08:58 Roles of teachers and administrators
08:58-10:37 Amounts and allocations of money
10:37-16:20 Models of student participation
16:20-19:29 School day and afterschool activities; registration of students as adult voters
19:29-21:52 Roles of external organizations
21:52-23:00 Timespans of SPB processes
23:00-24:21 Changes in the school
24:21-31:05 Design factors for effectiveness
31:05-36:41 Impacts on student engagement during and after the SPB processes
36:41-38:42 “Mini-public”: involving all students, especially those beyond the “usual suspects”
38:42-42:58 Phoenix Union H.S. District (PUHSD) PB for alternatives to police school resource officers
42:58-45:03 Public response to PUHSD PB project
45:03-47:30 Outro
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