“We have made progress under mayoral control,” Jackson told the Tribune Editorial Board late last month. “I think that when people say they want an elected school board, what I really hear — because I have these conversations with the average person — is they want more transparency. They want more accountability; they want to know how decisions get made; they want an opportunity to weigh in. They want to know when issues are raised that there is some type of compromise or change as a result of that, and not just us tolerating them through a community meeting or a board meeting.”