Should local control of school boards be abolished in favor of national control?

Question

Isn't having dozens of local school boards just a waste of time and money?

Answer 1

Yes, I think it's long overdue. National standards would certainly improve our school system.

Answer 2

I don't really think that's a good idea. At least with local school boards parents have more of a say in how their children are educated. Not only that, but I think that local officials would have a better idea of what's more important or relevant in the students' education than federal officials would. Plus, that's not to mention the exorbitant amount of taxpayers' money that would be spent if the schools were controlled nationally.

Answer 3

Bush already did that. Under his "No Child Left Behind" local schol authority is no more than a hollow shell--local schools must comply with the terms of NCLB.

Which, as any educator can tell you, is one of the main reasons why our schools have continued to decline. The Act is not a "step forward for education;" but the exact opposite.

We do need school reform--desperately. But the Republican agenda of nationalizing our schools is not the way to go--especially with their efforts to use nationalization of education as a cover for substitutiong their revisionist version of history and crap like "intelligent design" into the curriculum.

Answer 4

do no longer undergo in strategies the numbers off hand however the college District funds is revealed in our weekly newspaper each 3 hundred and sixty 5 days. I save that web site each 3 hundred and sixty 5 days and would pull it out if i'd desire to. We had 5 faculties in this district. we are all the way down to 3 faculties. instructor salaries are not an excellent difficulty right here. Like others who could make a residing right here with out commuting an hour and a nil.5 to artwork, they're happy to have a job. no person lives out this a ways except they actual must be right here.

Answer 5

What evidence makes you think for even a second that a national bureaucracy would be able to adequately administer tens of thousands of schools?

Also, why are you intent on undermining the constitution just for the sake of it? If anything, national regulation of education should be abolished in favor of more state and local control (that's where the money comes from anyway!)

Answer 6

You can't because many are also funded by local taxes (property) , so to a degree the local citizenry should have a say, as long as its constitutional.

What if the President , appoints a new secretary of Education who only wanted students to read a neo-cons view of world history??? So there are good reasons NOT to.

Answer 7

Would that mean that everyone would pay the same property taxes? And how about those that don’t own a home? My believe is that high school should be private. PERIOD. We are spending too much money on children that can’t or don’t want to learn. Too much money on teachers that can’t teach and are protected by the damn unions. Too much money on administrators that tie the hands of teachers that demand respect from the students and don’t get it. Too much money on programs like sex education that simply don’t work. Too much money on home schooling 14 and so pregnant girls. On and on and on.

Answer 8

LOL - "local control"... The school board in my community has been out of control for years!

Answer 9

No, if anything it should be the exact opposite.
Why not let local communities decide how their educational resources are spent, instead of some Washington bureaucrat?
Washington often applies a "one size fits all" approach.

Answer 10

Absolutely not, we should abolish the local school boards. The best solution to our education problems is privatization of the Schools. Nation control of the schools would simply make things worse. Schools that are doing well, would have to be brought down to the level of schools that are behind.