31 Roberta Furger 2005 <p>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, &quot;First Class Citizens,&quot;describes how school and community leaders planned and built a school &quot;whose design would encourage a sense of community among its occupants&quot; and then moved into the school having laid the groundwork &quot;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.&quot; A pretty amazing tale, supported by a 7-minute video documentary.</p> <p>Furger, R. (2005). Democracy in action: Students step up as key decision makers. <i>Edutopia (16 Nov. 2005). </i>Retrieved from Edutopia 9 May 2008. http://www.edutopia.org/democracy-in-action-students-as-key-decision-makers</p> http://www.edutopia.org/democracy-in-action-students-as-key-decision-makers