Conservatives are Conservatives because they lack the economic rigidity of Libertarians and unbridled faith in collective efforts possessed by Liberals. However, even Conservatives can allow ideological blinders to narrow their vision. Conservatives need to embrace the art of governing even while endeavoring to diminish the role government plays. One tenet of Conservatism is that the more local the government the better. The number of localities and competition between localities insure that local governments will not stray far from the assent of the governed.
Private associations have the greatest respect for individuality.
Local governments are safer than state governments who in turn are safer than a remote federal government. A Holy Grail for Conservatives is the implementation of voucher schools to wrench control from state-sanctioned local monopolies as a means to empower individual parents to make educational decisions for their children. However, the road to such schools runs through local governments and local school boards. If these could loose themselves from the suffocating boa-like grip of teacher unions, there would be less need for independent schools. Hence, those school districts most in need of independent alternatives are those least likely to permit them.