Education choices for D.C. voters

Next week, voters in Wards 4 and 8 will not only elect an at-large D.C. Council member. Each community also will choose a representative to the D.C. State Board of Education, which advises the state superintendent. Four people are vying in Ward 4; that seat became vacant when Sekou Biddle opted to run for the council. The sudden death of William Lockridge created the opening in Ward 8; nine people want that job.

Trayon White Sr. has been endorsed by the Washington Teacher’s Union and Ward 8 Councilman Marion Barry. The 26-year-old nonprofit executive may have promise, but some of his policies conflict with the current reform agenda.