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	Podcast:		Mindshift Podcast
	Episode:		Scott R. Levy: How School Boards Can Strengthen Our Democracy
	Category:		Education
	Duration:		00:28:18
	Publish Date:		2026-02-10 11:00:00
	Description:		In this episode KQED’s Marlena Jackson-Retondo speaks with Scott R. Levy, adjunct lecturer at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education and a former school board member, about why school boards matter more than ever. Levy’s new book, Why School Boards Matter: Reclaiming the Heart of American Education and Democracy, explains how school boards function, how their power has shifted over time and how school boards can serve as a rare space for civic engagement and democratic participation.
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