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Sunday, October 17, 2021

'Marketing and fear tactics' make their way to school board elections across the U.S.

Oct 17, 2021

'Marketing and fear tactics' make their way to school board elections across the U.S.

School board meetings have become ideological battlegrounds during the pandemic and a forum for fights over the teaching of critical race theory. In Kansas' most populated county — and across the country — school board races are heating up, as outside special interest groups and political action committees insert themselves in nonpartisan races that might otherwise draw little interest from even local citizens.