There was a time when local governments were in total control of their schools. They were public schools with local control, local hiring, local taxing, local funding, local supervision. That seemed to work with little resources.
That is not the case now.
Would private schools work? Possibly but there is no pattern that supports that now.
It’s amazing how far we are away from what you describe.
It’s hard to imagine the Federal and State governments loosening their control of the system. Lot’s of money at stake.
It just seems more practical for parents to homeschool, or afterschool. There may be opportunities for some teachers to work within that market.
There was a time when local governments were in total control of their schools. They were public schools with local control, local hiring, local taxing, local funding, local supervision.
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Let’s call the above what it was and what it would be if we returned to it:
**Collectivism,
**Socialism,
**Voter mob control over the heart and souls of the captive children and parents under the thumb of the government to use it, and the feudal serfs ( misnamed property tax payers) force to pay for it.
ALL compulsory attendance, compulsory funded, government schools are a First Amendment and freedom of conscience abomination! This is true even if the school district was the size of suburban housing development.
Solution: Begin the process of privatizing **all** education on every level.