The pattern of discrimination that allows this discrimination was set in the founding of the United States.
ADAM FLETCHER
Dropping out of school is the ultimately caused by discrimination against young people in schools.
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The pattern of discrimination that allows this discrimination was set in the founding of the United States.
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Most of society’s decision making for young people happens without young people, and that could not happen without adultcentrism.
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Dropping out of school is the ultimately caused by discrimination against young people in schools.
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The outcome of this culture of discrimination is that young people are routinely denied the roles in society they can, should, and need to be occupying.
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It’s really seeing student involvement … as a variety of opportunities that are appropriate for each given student and responsive to their individual needs and their desires for their educational experience.
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Adultism is not always harmful-but it is always real.
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At the same time, they are routinely pushed away from connecting to their communities as serious problem-solvers capable of changing the world.
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It is not enough to simply listen to student voice. Educators have an ethical imperative to do something with students, and that is why meaningful student involvement is vital to school improvement.
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Young people and adults need equitable relationships-they do not need equal ones.
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