Democratic governance of schools 2007. Council of Europe. 978-92-871-6088-1. Pages: 150. Teaching good citizenship is a current trend in school and university curriculum reform. This recent Council of Europe publication addresses specifically how democratic governance can benefit schools in preparing young people to become participating, democratic adult citizens. It also tackles how educational institutions can evaluate how they contribute to their students' democratic citizenship.

By looking at the ways in which their schools operate on a daily basis, the two authors of this manual describe how democratic governance evolves in the school setting, helping readers to estimate how far their schools have come and offering practical advice on starting, continuing and evaluating the journey.

This manual is a practical tool that is part of a greater collection of democratic governance materials developped by the Council of Europe. Council of Europe