Commentary
After witnessing the stunning recall of three trustees in a very progressive San Francisco Unified School Board in February 2022, many in the media began to marvel at the political power disenchanted parents and public school advocates were capable of wielding. After all, San Francisco has the fewest number of children per capita of any major city in the United States. Such a stunning political event could only occur when people began to intentionally pay attention to what was happening at taxpayer funded schools in their community and take parents’ concerns seriously.
A few astute journalists are covering education issues and officials slightly better since the San Francisco trustee recall process began in earnest. Although there is much to be exposed, a vast majority of the California press corps and editorial boards struggle to hold most of the state’s education-industrial complex accountable….