Conservative leadership will restore American education.


Leadership Institute's School Board Activism Training is designed to equip parents, activists, and leaders with tools and tactics to influence their local school board.

Conservative leaders & activists must engage in school boards from coast to coast to ensure schools focus on their educational mission for our children’s future success.

The curriculum features many conservative activists and organizations from across the country on the front lines in their respective communities. 

Each video in the School Board Activism Training is self-contained and pursues a different aspect of school board activism and leadership. Feel free to start anywhere.

This course is available at no cost thanks to the generous and dependable support of Leadership Institute donors.


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    Learn at your own pace, with lifetime access on mobile and desktop.Ex

  • Expert Faculty

    Learn from former & current school board officials how to do school board activism.

  • Enroll for Free

    Thanks to the generous and dependable support of Leadership Institute donors.

Course curriculum

    1. Building campaign infrastructure for new candidates with Terry Dittrich | WisRED Initiative

    2. Lessons from a winning school board candidate with Heather Sellers | Best Sellers LLC

    3. Solutions that improve student learning with Keith Flaugh | Florida Citizens Alliance

    4. A teacher's reaction to school board activism with Suzi Voyles | Georgia Eagle Forum

    5. Igniting a national parent-led movement with Laura Zorc | Parents Know Best

    1. Parent Empowerment: How to Tackle School Board Meetings

    2. Panel: Impacts of Critical Race Theory on Our Schools and Society

    1. Panel: Parents and students discuss parental engagement | Noah Webster Educational Foundation

    1. Conclusion & Thank You

    2. Course Completion Survey

About this course

  • Free
  • 10 lessons
  • 4 hours of video content

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The Leadership Institute's mission is to increase the number and effectiveness of conservative activists and leaders in the public policy process.

To accomplish this, the Institute identifies, recruits, trains, and places conservatives in government, politics, and the media.

Founded in 1979 by its president, Morton C. Blackwell, the Leadership Institute (LI) teaches conservatives the nuts and bolts of how to succeed in the public policy process.

The Institute strives to produce a new generation of public policy leaders unwavering in their commitment to free enterprise, limited government, strong national defense, and traditional values.

Institute graduates are equipped with practical skills and professional training to implement sound principles through effective public policy.

LI offers 47 types of training schools, workshops, and seminars and a top-notch intern program. The Institute also provides an Employment Placement Service to help place conservatives in public policy positions and in the broadcast media, at no cost to employers or job seekers.


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