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By careful design, Hudson High School in Hudson MA has become a laboratory of democracy, challenging widely held assumptions about how schools can and should operate. This story at the Edutopia website, "First Class Citizens,"describes how school and community leaders planned and built a school "whose design would encourage a sense of community among its occupants" and then moved into the school having laid the groundwork "for a bold new experiment in school governance in which students have a say in the big and little decisions that make up school life." A pretty amazing tale, supported by a 7-minute video documentary.

Furger, R. (2005). Democracy in action: Students step up as key decision makers. Edutopia (16 Nov. 2005). Retrieved from Edutopia 9 May 2008. http://www.edutopia.org/democracy-in-action-students-as-key-decision-mak...

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