Political battles in suburbia.

SCHOOL superintendents; SUBURBS; FREEDOM of Information Act (U.S.); SCHOOL districts; SCHOOL board members

Additionally, suburban superintendents as a group are more gender and racially diverse than rural superintendents, but less so than urban superintendents. The statistically significant relationship between superintendents' district location type and these measures is propelled by differences between suburban and rural superintendents, and, in some cases, differences between urban and rural superintendents. Similarly, 65% of suburban superintendents agreed or strongly agreed that school board meetings have become more contentious, compared to 55% of urban superintendents and 47% of rural superintendents. Suburban superintendents reported having significantly more experience as a superintendent than rural and urban superintendents and were significantly less likely to be serving as interim or acting superintendents. [Extracted from the article]

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