The research, now available as a working paper ... But the state hasn’t taken over a district since releasing Detroit to local control in 2016 after the city’s schools spent 13 of the prior ...

A Local Control Subcommittee will continue to meet ... Holyoke’s case reflects research that receiverships and state takeovers of public school districts rarely improve educational outcomes ...

“Local control” refers to states devolving legal ... our systems as they are set up are fundamentally undemocratic and exclusionary. Research has shown that those who participate in local ...

A PEW RESEARCH STUDY FOUND 68% OF ADULTS SUPPORT BANS DURING CLASS. Missouri schools are facing a potential statewide ban on cell phones, sparking discussions about local control and student ...

Local control as we once knew it has passed its ... Joshua Blank manages polling and research for the Texas Politics Project.

Local control is bad. State control is just right ... president of the nonpartisan Texas Taxpayers and Research Association, an Austin-based organization that monitors tax and public policy ...

Local control over schools—a concept that many say they believe in, yet don’t always support in practice—is under intense pressure this year as school-level and state leaders struggle over ...