Originally Posted by Val
...oddly enough, this country has de facto national curricula in most subjects --- they're written by the big textbook manufacturers and the big testing testing companies (Pearson, the College Board and its AP exams, etc.). Yet people cling to the belief that there is "local control," presumably because their school board chooses Big EduCo Book A over Big EduCo Book B.

They do have local control.

They can dump the current school board and make life miserable for the superintendent who promptly has a stroke.