The essence of democracy is popular sovereignty. The people rule. In the United States,
citizens exercise this right through elected officials who they believe will best represent their …

School boards spend almost $500 billion in taxpayer-provided funds, they employ more than
6 million people, offering pensions and lifetime health benefits that have helped build the …

Political Spectacle and the Fate of American Schools Page 1 Political Spectacle and the Fate
of American Schools Page 2 The Critical Social Thought Series edited by Michael W.Apple …

This article examines the role of school board elections in local school governance. The
article argues that the history of school governance including many current reforms such as …

School boards are fighting for their survival. Almost everything that they do is subject to
regulations handed down from city councils, state boards of education, legislatures, and …

Throughout the twentieth century, local control of school districts was one of the most
contentious issues in American politics. As state and federal regulation attempted to …

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between superintendents and local boards of education. Often, board turnover leads to …

Jeffrey Henig, Rebecca Jacobson, and Sarah Reckhow use five case studies to argue that
school board elections, which used to be a local affair, are becoming nationalized. In this …

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F or most of the past century, the issue of local school board governance was a subject of on-
and-off debate, and the debate continues today. Praised on one hand as pillars of …