It’s not in your head: School board meetings really have gotten more heated in recent years. But most of the time, school board meetings are relatively civil, and most of the recent high-conflict ...

Conflicts between parents, teachers and school leaders over parental rights policies focusing on LGBTQ+ students, limitations on teaching about race and racism, and book bans have come with a cost — ...

School boards in recent years have become the focal point of many heated, high-profile debates, on everything from pandemic-era mask policies to debates about LGBTQ+ students’ rights. In some places, ...