Richard R RamosRichard R. Ramos. Founder of Parents on a Mission,Youth on a Mission, and Latino Coalition for Community Leadership

Youth Leadership in Action: How Students Changed Their School Culture

15 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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In this segment, the speaker explains how a school’s culture transformation—driven by youth leadership—has led to higher attendance and improved student behavior. The narrative highlights a prior division among two groups of thirty students, and recounts a specific incident where peers collectively confronted a disruptive student, refusing to allow further disruption. The speaker emphasizes that the effectiveness of this change stems from empowering students themselves and collaborating closely with their families, positioning youth as the primary agents of cultural reform.

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And the attendance is up, the behavioral is up, and the most importantly is that the youth are now creating the culture. Because I, like, I'm not gonna lie, there was 2 big sides, 30 kids on this side and 30 kids on this side that don't like each other. But I'm gonna give one example, one story. Yeah. This kid goes in to disrupt and, well, I'm not gonna be a part of this. Right? Like, this doesn't— this ain't happening. So the own kids, the youth, told that one kid, you're not going to come here and disrupt this, right? So when it comes from the youth leadership in that process, that's the important part, and it's been done by working with youth and their families.