Also, if I’m deploying my insider’s structural view of public education, in terms of “role in the allocation of local power”, school boards are about
- Real estate
- Real estate
- Real estate
- Labor relations
- Construction contracting
- Political patronage
- …
- Pedagogy
- …
- …
- Social issues
Anyone elected on an anti-woke OR “support our liberal values!” platform will be eaten alive and essentially constitutes the electorate deciding to raise taxes on real estate owners for the benefit of other players in the system.