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Scott R. Levy: How School Boards Can Strengthen Our Democracy

Mindshift Podcast by KQED

Feb 10, 202628:18Education

In this episode KQED’s Marlena Jackson-Retondo speaks with Scott R. Levy, adjunct lecturer at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education and a former school board member, about why school boards matter more than ever. Levy’s...

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Scott R. Levy: How School Boards Can Strengthen Our Democracy is an episode from Mindshift Podcast by KQED. In this episode KQED’s Marlena Jackson-Retondo speaks with Scott R. Levy, adjunct lecturer at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education...

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Published Feb 10, 2026, 28:18 long, audio available.

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In this episode KQED’s Marlena Jackson-Retondo speaks with Scott R. Levy, adjunct lecturer at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education and a former school board member, about why school boards matter more than ever. Levy’s new book, Why School Boards Matter: Reclaiming the Heart of American Education and Democracy, explains how school boards function, how their power has shifted over time and how school boards can serve as a rare space for civic engagement and democratic participation.

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Published Feb 10, 2026 and 28:18 long