Joe Weedon

D.C. voters had a philosophical question about public education to answer at the polls Tuesday: Did they want candidates who would more likely be fervent advocates of the traditional public school system, or those who would bolster public…

In a year when D.C. schools have been marred by scandals, usually sleepy State Board of Education races have pulled in hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign donations. Four seats — drawing 10 contenders — are on the ballot Tuesday.…