Board of Ed’s voting record isn’t the only way to tell how well we work for students

Chicago Board of Education members attend a meeting at the Chicago Public Schools headquarters in the Loop, April 27, 2022. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

I appreciate the recent Chicago Board of Education voting analysis carefully conducted by Lauren FitzPatrick and Nader Issa. I hope that current and future boards continue to invest in improving public understanding of their decisions to grow trust.

Even so, only a few governance decisions are politically controversial. And such an analysis misses the numerous policies revised, contracts renegotiated, and strategies that were changed through collaborative — if sometimes contentious — discussions well before a public vote.