School board meetings are taking on a new dimension as portions of the country remain at odds over COVID-19 protocols and contentious issues like critical race theory. The pressure being exerted could force administrators to avoid making controversial but necessary decisions, according to a Los Angeles Times op-ed by Joseph Kahne, a professor of education and co-director of the Civic Engagement Research Group at University of California Riverside, and John Rogers, a professor of education and director of the Institute for Democracy, Education and Access at University of California Los Angeles.
