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  "textContent": "Public school is the first place most Americans meet democracy. It is also, for almost all of them, the last place they experience it without a vote. School boards are elected by adults, staffed by adults and run for adults. They make decisions every week about buildings full of young people who get no say. […]\n\nThe post OPINION: Putting students on school boards treats young people as participants in their own democracy, but only if adults listen to them appeared first on The Hechinger Report.",
  "title": "OPINION: Putting students on school boards treats young people as participants in their own democracy, but only if adults listen to them"
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