National School Boards Association

Organization Trends
SPLC Plus Teachers Union Ideology Equals More Disparagement
This week, the Southern Poverty Law Center, the self-appointed watchdog of extremism and “hate groups,” formally designated 12 conservative parents’ advocacy groups as “anti-government extremist groups.” Two of the most…
by Michael Watson on June 8, 2023

Organization Trends
Critical Race Theory in Public School
Critical race theory has become a flash point in the battle between parents and the teachers unions over control of public schools. Parents have forcefully voiced their concerns, prompting school…
by CRC Staff on December 23, 2021

Organization Trends
“To Encourage the Others”: Making an Example of the NSBA
The National School Boards Association (NSBA) messed up big time. It sent a letter to the Biden administration calling on the Justice Department to investigate protesting parents under the PATRIOT…
by Michael Watson on December 10, 2021

Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast #195: How Teachers Unions Affect Elections
Liberal special interests have effective control of many municipal governments and government arms. The most notable case: school boards. Thanks to “three exploits” of block voting, nonpartisan races, and off-cycle…
by Michael Watson on November 12, 2021

Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast #194: The National School Board Association’s Arrogant Overreach
Last month, the National School Boards Association threw a grenade into debates surrounding local school policy by sending a letter to the Biden administration asking for a federal investigation of…
by Michael Watson on November 5, 2021

Labor Watch
Criticizing Teachers Union Allies? You Might Be a “Domestic Terrorist.”
After a year of public school closures, mask mandates far stricter than in comparable international settings, and the exposure of radical-left social indoctrination in public school as endorsed by teachers…
by Michael Watson on October 7, 2021