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Wisconsin school boards and partisan politics

By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

April 8, 2022

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Michael Ford, a professor of public administration at UW-Oshkosh, reflects on the growing influence of partisan politics on school board elections in Wisconsin and what it means for education efforts.

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