Next year’s midterm election season will include campaigns for state school board seats and elected superintendents in more than a dozen areas. Scores of gubernatorial and legislative races will also take on added importance for teachers and students, as the power centers of local government flex new influence over classroom practices.
— The outcome of these races could lie in the hands of voting parents who are fired up over school safety measures, debates about how to teach the nation’s history and the role parents play in shaping the decisions schools make for students.
