WATCH — 74 Explains: What a New Surge of School Board Recalls Says About This Era of Bitter Education Politics

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The 74’s Kevin Mahnken explains what he’s found in reviewing this year’s recall efforts, and reflects on what they say about the bitter state of the country’s education politics. </p> <p><em>If this video isn’t playing, <u><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyhSWN4ppo0"></a><em><a href="https://www.the74million.org/?post_type=article&p=580324">click here to watch</a>.</em></u></em></p> <p><em>— Edited by James Fields</em></p> <p><aside class="inline_story shortcode simple"><a href="https://www.the74million.org/newsletter/"><figure style="background-image: url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/the74million_logo.png);"></figure><div><span class="sans related_tag">Related</span><h4 class="sans">Sign up for The 74’s newsletter</h4></div></a></aside><br></p>  <span class="cta_snippet ft"><p><em>Get stories like these delivered straight to your inbox. </em><a class="arrow" href="https://www.the74million.org/about/newsletters/?utm_source=website&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=top&utm_id=newsletter"><strong>Sign up for The 74 Newsletter</strong></a></p></span> </div> </div> <div class="article_footer grid"> <div class="single_share"> <ul> <li><a class="icon-social twitter" href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://www.the74million.org/article/watch-school-board-recalls-education-politics/&text=WATCH+%E2%80%94+74+Explains%3A+What+a+New+Surge+of+School+Board+Recalls+Says+About+This+Era+of+Bitter+Education+Politics @The74" target="_blank" title="Share this story on X"></a></li> <li><a class="icon-social facebook" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.the74million.org/article/watch-school-board-recalls-education-politics/" target="_blank" title="Share this story on Facebook"></a></li> <li><a class="icon-social bluesky" href="https://bsky.app/intent/compose?text=WATCH+%E2%80%94+74+Explains%3A+What+a+New+Surge+of+School+Board+Recalls+Says+About+This+Era+of+Bitter+Education+Politics%21%20https://www.the74million.org/article/watch-school-board-recalls-education-politics/" target="_blank" title="Share this story on BlueSky Social" ></a></li> <li><a class="icon-social flipboard" href="https://flipboard.com" data-flip-widget="shareflip" ><img src="https://cdn.flipboard.com/badges/flipboard_mbsw.png" /></a><script src="https://cdn.flipboard.com/web/buttons/js/flbuttons.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script></li> <li><a class="icon-social mailto" href="mailto:?body=https://www.the74million.org/article/watch-school-board-recalls-education-politics/&subject=From The 74" target="_blank" title="E-mail this story"></a></li> <li><a class="icon-social republish" href="#" onclick="t74_show_republish_box();" target="_blank" title="Republish this story"></a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="republish"> <a href="#"> Republish This Article <span class="desktop">Learn More</span> </a> </div> <div class="author_profile"> <address class=""> <p><a class="author_inline_link" href="https://www.the74million.org/contributor/kevin-mahnken/">Kevin Mahnken</a> is a senior writer at The 74.</p> <a class="author_contact twitter" href="http://twitter.com/KevinMahnken" target="_blank">@KevinMahnken</a> <a class="author_contact email" href="mailto:kevin@the74million.org">kevin@the74million.org</a> <div class="author_image" style="background-image:url(https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/T74-Team-Kevin-Mahnken-300x300.jpg)"> <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/T74-Team-Kevin-Mahnken-300x300.jpg"> </div> </address> </div> <div class="article_tags desktop"> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.the74million.org/tag/elections/">elections</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.the74million.org/tag/k-12-education/">K-12 education</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.the74million.org/tag/politics/">Politics</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.the74million.org/tag/school-board-recalls/">school board recalls</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.the74million.org/tag/school-boards/">school boards</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.the74million.org/tag/schools/">schools</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </article>  <div id="republish-box" data-postid=580324 data-gaid="UA-64416702-1" data-ga4id="G-YQBR2DBZ9Z"> <div> <span class="sans">Republish This Article</span> <p><i>We want our stories to be shared as widely as possible — for free.</i></p> <p><a style="color:white" href="/republish/"><i>Please view The 74's republishing terms.</i></a></p><br/><br/> <textarea id="repub_content" class="text-scroller" readonly> <h1>Why The Sudden Surge in School Board Recalls? (And Why Are So Few Successful?)</h1> <h2></h2> <p class="sans">By <a rel="author" href="https://www.the74million.org/contributor/kevin-mahnken/">Kevin Mahnken</a></p> <img src="https://www.the74million.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Untitled-design-2021-11-05T153056.803.png"> <p>This story first appeared at <a href="https://www.the74million.org">The 74</a>, a nonprofit news site covering education. <a href="https://www.the74million.org/about/newsletters/?utm_source=republish-button&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=republish">Sign up for free newsletters from The 74</a> to get more like this in your inbox.</p> <p class="has-drop-cap">Public dissatisfaction with school boards has been building in 2021 as American politics careens from one K-12 controversy to the next: reopening classrooms and mask mandates amid COVID, transgender student rights, critical race theory legislation, etc. Throughout, Americans have become increasingly willing to resort to the seldom-used practice of recalling school board members as a way of forcing change. 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