The School Board Wars, Part 2

<p><i>This episode contains strong language.</i></p><p>In Bucks County, Pa., what started out as a group of frustrated parents pushing for schools to reopen devolved over the course of a year and half into partisan disputes about America’s most divisive cultural issues.</p><p>But those arguments have caused many to overlook a central role of the Central Bucks School District’s board: providing quality education.</p><p>In Part 2 of our series on school board wars in the U.S., we look beyond the fighting and examine the pandemic’s harsh effects on teachers and pupils.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/campbell-robertson">Campbell Robertson</a>, a national correspondent for The New York Times.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/signup/NTTD?smid=pc-thedaily">Sign up here</a> to get The Daily in your inbox each morning. And for an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Republicans are heading into the 2022 midterm elections aiming to<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/us/politics/school-republican-campaign-issue.html"> capitalize on the frustrations of suburban parents</a> still reeling from the devastating fallout of pandemic-era schooling.</li><li>The F.B.I. has<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/16/us/politics/fbi-school-threats.html"> begun to track threats</a> against school administrators, teachers and board members to assess the extent of the problem.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>