All the candidates are progressive, agreeing that a diverse student body requires a variety of instructional methods and teaching strategies.
With the similarity of candidates and the range of issues, those with a stake in the race say a single issue will not decide the race.
Still, current committee members and candidates differ on what they emphasize.
"We've been wrestling with issues around equity, racial equity
and class equity," says Harris, who stressed diversity issues in her 1997 campaign for the seat.
As for test scores, Harris says that the low scores are endemic "in some areas, but if you look at those scores and they vary by school and by program."
"Test scores can give us any information they want to give us," says Harris, who is currently completing her principal's certification at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Harris says that the Committee ought to follow its heart, and not relinquish its educational philosophy to the state.
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