School board

Ward 6 Member of the State Board of Education

Vote for: 1
Term: 4 years
Candidates: 3
Election: Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: The State Board of Education sets the District's academic standards and graduation requirements and approves state education policy; it doesn't run schools. Nonpartisan.

Ranked-choice voting (Initiative 83): voters may rank up to 4 choices.

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Amber A. Williams

No party listed

Federal education policy professional

The gist

Pledges yearly listening sessions at every Ward 6 school.
Supports multilingual and virtual options for family input.
Supports educator retention, wellness and better working conditions.
Supports equity across feeder patterns and transparency on disparities.
Supports early literacy and stronger transitions into kindergarten.

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Pledges yearly listening sessions at every Ward 6 school.
Dr. Amber A. Williams: Priorities
Campaign website · Neighbors For Amber Williams · amberforward6.com
“Visiting every Ward 6 school at least once each year for listening sessions with students, families, educators, and school leaders.”
VOTE411 Voter Guide: DC Ward 6 Member of the State Board of Education (candidate questionnaire)
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of the District of Columbia (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“I will report back so residents know what I heard, what action was taken, and what remains unresolved.”
Supports multilingual and virtual options for family input.
Dr. Amber A. Williams: Priorities
Campaign website · Neighbors For Amber Williams · amberforward6.com
“Creating multiple ways for families to share input (including virtual options for working families).”
VOTE411 Voter Guide: DC Ward 6 Member of the State Board of Education (candidate questionnaire)
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of the District of Columbia (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“provide virtual and multilingual opportunities for participation”
Supports educator retention, wellness and better working conditions.
Dr. Amber A. Williams: Priorities
Campaign website · Neighbors For Amber Williams · amberforward6.com
“Treating educator wellness and working conditions as student-success issues”
Supports equity across feeder patterns and transparency on disparities.
Dr. Amber A. Williams: Priorities
Campaign website · Neighbors For Amber Williams · amberforward6.com
“Promoting equity across feeder patterns so that regardless of the public school a family chooses, students have access to strong programs”
VOTE411 Voter Guide: DC Ward 6 Member of the State Board of Education (candidate questionnaire)
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of the District of Columbia (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“I want greater transparency around disparities across schools and feeder patterns and stronger accountability for addressing them.”
Supports early literacy and stronger transitions into kindergarten.
Dr. Amber A. Williams: Priorities
Campaign website · Neighbors For Amber Williams · amberforward6.com
“strengthen transitions into kindergarten … support literacy beginning in the earliest grades”

David Parker

No party listed

The gist

No documented position found.

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Joshua Wiley

No party listed

Assistant principal

The gist

Supports early intervention and family partnerships against chronic absenteeism.
Supports modernizing graduation requirements for future workforce needs.
Supports AI literacy and balanced classroom technology use.
Proposes giving science more weight in school accountability.
Supports raising literacy and math achievement and advanced coursework.
Pledges to report back on how community input shaped decisions.

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Supports early intervention and family partnerships against chronic absenteeism.
Joshua Wiley: Priorities
Campaign website · Together With Wiley · ward6wiley.com
“By addressing chronic absenteeism through early intervention, family partnerships, and student support systems … Expand attendance intervention programs”
Supports modernizing graduation requirements for future workforce needs.
Joshua Wiley: Priorities
Campaign website · Together With Wiley · ward6wiley.com
“Modernize graduation requirements to reflect future workforce needs … Strengthen financial literacy education”
Supports AI literacy and balanced classroom technology use.
Joshua Wiley: Priorities
Campaign website · Together With Wiley · ward6wiley.com
“Expand AI literacy and digital citizenship … Technology should enhance learning, not replace it.”
Proposes giving science more weight in school accountability.
Meet Joshua Wiley
Campaign website · Together With Wiley · ward6wiley.com
“recognized for presenting a proposal to increase the weight of science in school accountability systems”
Joshua Wiley: Priorities
Campaign website · Together With Wiley · ward6wiley.com
“Strengthen science accountability measures”
Supports raising literacy and math achievement and advanced coursework.
Joshua Wiley: Priorities
Campaign website · Together With Wiley · ward6wiley.com
“Improve literacy and mathematics achievement … Expand access to advanced coursework”
Pledges to report back on how community input shaped decisions.
VOTE411 Voter Guide: DC Ward 6 Member of the State Board of Education (candidate questionnaire)
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of the District of Columbia (VOTE411) · onyourballot.vote411.org
“I want Ward 6 residents to know not only that I heard them, but what I did with what I heard.”

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