Of course, we do have high mobility rates, so the local control issue is complicated, but it isn't specifically a problem of local control. To have a local curriculum would be a tremendous advance over what we now have. There's a myth that we have a local curriculum, and in most places we do not. Then you find a lot of hemming and hawing. Yes, I think it can.
Most mobility is within the district.
There are a lot of people, including me, who don't want Washington telling us what to do. But it's a red herring because if each district had something comparable, most of the mobility problems would be taken care of. Because most mobility is within the district. Until you have a terrifically informed citizenry, parents will be just as dazzled by these teaching fads as the teachers, and the educators, and the business people have been. The only way you can really find out whether the school is any good is to judge over time.