Running California's huge, three-headed public education system is hard enough under the best of circumstances. But when the state Board of Education, which is supposed to set curricular policy and standards, is in near-revolt against the governor's office, as it was last week, it's time to sound the alarm. The main target of the revolt is Bonnie Reiss, senior adviser to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. In the view of board insiders, she has mishandled policy and often disregarded the board, which has been the prime force in establishing and defending California's academic standards and accountability system. Those standards are widely listed...