During the COVID-19 pandemic, school district politics rose to prominence on the nation's
political agenda, as school boards grappled with controversial decisions about reopening …

Public schooling has always been politically fraught, but current disagreements over issues
related to race, sexuality, gender, and COVID-19 have reached a tipping point. According to …

The recent spike in book challenges has put school libraries at the center of heated political
debates. I investigate the relationship between local politics and school library collections …

The increasingly partisan politics of education make it vital to conceptualize why and to
empirically assess how current partisan pressures threaten public schools' efforts to educate …

Media reports suggest that parent frustration with COVID school policies and the growing
politicization of education have increased community engagement with local public schools …

Education has long been an area of political debate in the United States, with politicians and
policymakers advocating for distinct societal and/or individual purposes of K–12 education …

Despite a long history of local control of schools, educational issues have become
increasingly contested at higher levels of government as battles are fought in state and …

Should school board elections be partisan? Jonathan E. Collins writes about the pros and
cons of bringing political parties back into school board elections. While partisan elections …

School board candidates supported by local teachers' unions overwhelmingly win, and we
examine the causes and consequences of the “teachers' union premium” in these elections …

Education is a vital tenet of a democratic society, equipping citizens with the skills necessary
to self-govern. Individuals also experience K12 education policy consistently throughout …