Isabel Muñoz-Colón is the Executive Director of the Washington State Opportunity Scholarship. She was previously a Senior Program Officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where she supported initiatives on the foundation’s Washington state team.
As AI rapidly reshapes the classroom, families are hopeful but uncertain. While the majority of families surveyed by the National Parents Union (NPU) in 2023 agreed that the potential benefits of AI in K-12 education either outweigh or are equal to the possible downsides, only a fraction feel confident in their understanding of the technology.
This report summarizes the functions of school boards, identifies some of the problems with big city school boards, and suggests options for reorienting boards around the trusteeship of the children they serve.