A poll worker assembles a ballot at Frank McCourt High School, in New York, Tuesday, June 22, 2021.

Culture Wars and New York's School Boards

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 15, 2022

New York's school board elections are on Tuesday. Gary Stern, education editor and reporter for The Journal News/lohud.com, part of the USA TODAY Network, and Craig Burnett, political science professor at Hofstra University, talk about how culture war issues, such as critical race theory and mask mandates, have cropped up in school board races across the state.

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