The Education Exchange: School Boards Have a Bigger Impact on Outcomes Than You Think

Board members’ policy priorities, not their identities, are most consequential for students

Photo of John SingletonJohn Singleton, an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Rochester, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss Singleton’s latest research, which uses large-language AI models to determine the viewpoints and priorities  of school board members in California.

Identity and Ideology in the School Boardroom,” co-written with Barbara Biasi, Minseon Park, and Seth D. Zimmerman, is available now at NBER.org.

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