Marshall Tuck and his quest to restore schools
Superintendent of Public School Instruction candidate Marshall Tuck faults California’s 2,500 page Education Code for “making it impossible for teachers to do their jobs.” Photo by David Fairchild Tuck on a roll Marshall Tuck waived a six-pound, 2,500 page California State codebook over his head in the manner of a seasoned politician bemoaning over-regulation for all that ails us. Then fanning the 2,500 pages, he said, “Government has replaced creativity with bureaucracy. It makes it almost impossible for people to do their jobs.” Tuck was addressing a small group of wealthy, potential donors in Palos Verdes. But he wasn’t talking about tax or business codes. He was talking about the State Code of Education that governs California’s 63 million kindergarten through high school students and their teachers. Tuck is running for State Superintendent of Public Instruction. In his first run for the office, in 2014, he lost, 48 to 52 percent to incumbent Superintendent Tom Torlakson, who is now termed out. This past June, Tuck placed first in the primary but fell short of the 51 percent required to avoid a runoff. The runner-up and his opponent on the November ballot is Richmond…
Read this story on easyreadernews.com