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Why we should make school-board elections more political
Published April 12, 2024
Written by Eric Bledsoe, National Review
Photography by Simply American
The current system allows teachers’ unions to take advantage of voter apathy to cement their control over schools. An alternative is possible—and necessary.
From National Review:
Public education is one of America’s hottest political flashpoints, yet, counterintuitively, making it more political will help lower the temperature.
Public schools have declined in large part because teachers’ unions have taken advantage of the unique election system that’s used for most of the country’s school boards. Those races should be aligned with the elections that Americans know best, increasing voter knowledge, turnout, and the likelihood that winners reflect local families’ priorities.
There are two big problems with the way most school-board elections are held.
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