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Polarizing issues permeated school board campaigns
Clip: 11/10/2022 | 5m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
The state’s health and sex-education curriculum was a hot-button issue
If you’ve gone to a board of education meeting in the past few years, you’ve likely heard debate on some hot-button issue, like critical race theory, the state’s new LGBTQ and sex-education standards or what books are on library shelves. In some cases these topics have caused deep divides in communities.
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Polarizing issues permeated school board campaigns
Clip: 11/10/2022 | 5m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
If you’ve gone to a board of education meeting in the past few years, you’ve likely heard debate on some hot-button issue, like critical race theory, the state’s new LGBTQ and sex-education standards or what books are on library shelves. In some cases these topics have caused deep divides in communities.
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