Republicans took control of education. Can Democrats take it back?

Republicans took control of education. Can Democrats take it back?

WATER VALLEY, Miss. — A crowd turned out to hear a politician talk big about improving school, but it wasn’t a Republican railing about transgender athletes or school vouchers or any of the issues the GOP has used to put Democrats into a defensive crouch. On this night, the politician taking questions was a Democrat — former Chicago mayor and President Barack Obama’s chief of staff Rahm Emanuel — talking about reading. For the last several years…