My hope is this; that "W" makes good on his promise of ceding control back to the local level. And that locals will once again take an active role in their local schools. That's a big if, but IMO one of the primary reasons for lack of participation on the local level was due to federalizing and NEAing the curriculum. One size fits all has not and will not work, because it tends towards the lowest common denominator. That's OK for RATS, but of course it only serves the interests of RATS.
Gotta run for now; will check in later...
FGS