School climate reform, an evidence-­-based strategy, supports K-­12 students, school personnel, parents/guardians and community members learning and working together to promote pro-social education. Done well, these efforts will result in even safer, more supportive, engaging, helpfully challenging and harmonious schools. The U.S. Department of Education, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the Institute for Educational Sciences, President Obama's Bully Prevention Partnership, the US Departments of Justice and Education's School Discipline Consensus project, a growing number of State Departments of Education and foreign educational ministries support and/or endorse school climate renewal as a strategy to increase student learning and achievement, enhance school connectedness, reduce high school dropout rates, prevent bullying and other forms of violence, and enhance teacher retention rates. Schools can engage youth as co-leaders and co-learners through the following promising strategies: (1) Frame your work with youth at the center of all decisions; (2) Start with an assets-­ based approach; (3) Prepare youth for meaningful roles; (4) Value the perspective of youth and allow them to contribute in the decision making process; (5) Work to create the leaders of today, not as a preparation for the future; and (6) Engage youth in addressing equity issues and celebrating diversity.