POSTCARDS FROM THE GREAT DIVIDE

Million-Dollar School Board

Episode 1 | 12m 15s | Video has closed captioning.

Last year, a battle royale broke out over a local school board in Jefferson County, Colorado. A newly elected conservative majority had overturned union contracts, put in a merit system for teacher pay, and funded charter schools. The response was a week of student protests and a recall election fueled by groups with political agendas and lots of money.