The School Board Wars, Part 1

Published: Nov. 16, 2021, 10:50 a.m.

b'This episode contains strong language.\\n\\nA new battleground has emerged in American politics: school boards. In these meetings, parents increasingly engage in heated \\u2014 sometimes violent \\u2014 fights over hot-button issues such as mask mandates and critical race theory.\\n\\nSuddenly, the question of who sits on a school board has become a question about which version of America will prevail.\\n\\nWe visit the school board meeting in Central Bucks, Pa., an important county in national politics, where the meetings have been particularly wild.\\n\\nGuest: Campbell Robertson, a national correspondent for The New York Times.'