New York City tried something like this in the late 60s, 70s and early 80's, with "community control." It didn't help much.
--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> On Nov 18, 2007, at 12:53 PM, Robert Wrubel wrote:
>
> > This is why my first revolutionary proposal is to
> > abolish state boards of education, and make every
> town
> > or school district responsible for its own
> curriculum.
>
> So the problem with U.S. education is that the
> provincials aren't
> provincial enough?
>
> Doug
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