As another political season gets underway, candidates seek to influence school boards. In a Q&A with Professor Paul Peterson, he talks about his new research on populism in education policy opinions. He also discusses an HKS seminar series that looks at the various issues facing school boards and asks: should school boards run our schools?
COVID-19 and Democratizing the Workplace
In this video, Julie Battilana, Alan L. Gleitsman Professor of Social Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School and Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, discusses how she believes the COVID-19 crisis has thrown into relief the need for workplaces to democratize.
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