Ballotpedia researched school board elections, highlighting that race in education, critical race theory, responses to the coronavirus pandemic, and sex and gender in schools were common topics candidates and local media mentioned.

“Ballotpedia recently conducted a study of November 2021 school board races in 96 school districts across 16 states, totaling 302 seats to analyze statistics on certain hot button issues.

“Illinois' top math and science high school is requiring students to also study so-called "Critical Race Theory," which argues that racism is to blame for differences in racial group performance, such as lower test scores by black students, or higher violent crime rates for blacks than whites.

“House Republicans have written to FBI Director Christopher Wray indicating that they have obtained information that the FBI is adding "threat tags" to parents in their investigations, in direct contradiction of Attorney General's directive.

“Parents at the Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) are calling for the resignation of Governing Board President Jann-Michael Greenburg.