Sacrificing Local Control at the Altar of the Dollar
The Des Moines Register had an article on Iowa Governor Terry Branstad’s education bill and how it would erode local control. They quote State Representative Greg Forristall who chairs the Iowa House Education Committee:Republicans, who often invoke the virtues of self-reliance and limited government, are “especially sensitive” to resisting centralization and preserving local control, said House Education Committee Chairman Greg Forristall, R-Macedonia.
But, he acknowledged, the transformative education reform lawmakers are seeking has forced difficult questions on the proper balance between local control