Borenstein: This Bay Area school board was taken over by the teacher’s union

With the Oakland school board election last November, the teachers’ union effectively took control of the district.

The chaos that has ensued threatens the district’s fiscal stability just as it’s about to emerge this summer from 22 years of receivership after paying off a record $100 million state bailout loan.

What should be a moment of celebration for the Oakland Unified School District has morphed in the past two months into one of the worst periods of uncertainty in years for the already dysfunctional organization...