I am afraid some of my colleagues aren't looking for ways to answer these questions. I am afraid they just want to gut our national education partnership. In this country, we already have local control over education. State and local school districts set the curriculum. They hire the staff.
States set standards and certify teachers.
States and localities raise and spend 93 percent of all education funding. A lack of local control is not the problem. It is a lack of sufficient support and resources. States, school districts, parents, and teachers are demanding that we, at the Federal level, work in partnership to ensure our kids get a good education. What matters to parents is that their kids get the best education possible.