The article discusses the patterns and reasons of the development of pedagogical initiative and schoolchildren's creative work; develops the idea of the influence of the pedagogical culture of schoolchildren on national education, and raises the issue of the pedagogical talent of students. The authors note that the Russian pedagogical education today faces challenges that are connected with the new quality of the teacher's pedagogical culture, based on the ability to transform the traditional practices of the industrial education model into pedagogical solutions that meet the challenges of the 21st century. It is concluded that at present pedagogical initiatives of schoolchildren are emerging and developing in Russian education. There is a need for a comprehensive understanding, scientific substantiation and scientific and methodological support of creative proposals of schoolchildren in the field of education, since the developmentof the pedagogical culture of the younger generation can not only create the basis for the development of school education, but also become a valuable and technological foundation for the modernization of national education.