Care about 'invisible education' in Dist. 15

How to select the correct District 15 school board? Personally, picking a name off a list may be just as successful as doing an interview and asking the wrong candidate questions.

I fear that this also applies to the Daily Herald, interviewing candidates for school boards. All of the voters in District 15 should be concerned about the invisible education we think our children are getting, but most school boards don't even consider talking about. We seem to avoid the discovery of where a candidate stands on student learning.

Student learning is our invisible bugaboo. We avoid the issue. Instead, we look at dollars and cents. We need to return to basic nuts and bolts to continue our tradition of excellence in District 15.

It seems as though when collectively we focus upon measuring a teacher, or measuring a school we rush to declare a victory when scores rise. But shouldn't we celebrate the personal victories for each student?

Should we not elect a school board to review a curriculum, review the content of the material, and measure each child on the content of what the child learned?

As a voter, I have attempted to do just this in District 15. I sincerely wish that the Daily Herald and others were more concerned with this invisible side of education.

Manjula Sriram, Frank Annerino, and Gerard Iannuzzelli believe in the learning of each child. That is the representation who looks for the value in our education.

Other April 7 candidates seem lost in tax and budget discussions. Back to basics in District 15. Elect a board to ensure that the children will learn.

Steven Alban

Hoffman Estates