School Boards

MAGA School Board Faces Backlash in Colorado

When a right-wing slate of school board candidates took office in Woodland Park, Colorado, they hoped to "flood the zone" with rapid changes to curriculum, teacher policy, charter schools, and more. The public has become less enthusiastic, even many conservatives. 

School Board Meetings Get Wild

Historian Adam Laats suggests that school board meetings are an accessible venue for conservative anger in the ongoing culture wars, but also help connect conservative think tanks to the grass roots. 

America's School Board Hearings are Getting Scary, but it's not the First Time

"Public schools have long been an irresistible battleground for America’s culture warriors."