In an attempt to gauge the extent of the problem, one intriguing study analyzed almost 100,000 videos of school board meetings—totaling 150,000 hours of deliberation and more than a billion words. The researchers’ findings mirror the preceding conjectures: Conflict at school board meetings has indeed increased, especially in urban and suburban districts with high per-pupil expenditures. Still, the large majority of school board meetings remain civil.
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