Doing democracy: School participatory budgeting

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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