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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.

CandidatesCompare by issue

Education

  • Amber A. WilliamsNo party listed

    • 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.

  • David ParkerNo party listed

    No documented position found.

  • Joshua WileyNo party listed

    • 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.

Challengers are listed first and incumbents last; otherwise candidates appear in ballot order. The Gist does not rank, rate or endorse candidates. Only positions backed by a cited source are shown; 1 issue covered in this race.