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

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Podcast: [MindShift Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mindshift-podcast-217419)
Published: 2026-02-10T11:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

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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