Cooking the NYTimes and Other Assorted Retirement Activities

  ( * because these boo boo heads will, no doubt, vote in lockstep with their Dear Leader to obliterate the Department of Education) The insanity/chaos/shittiness going on in Washington has not gone unnoticed by this blogger and I simply cannot keep up with it, blog wise.  I've opted for daily posts on Instagram (@bigtenmom2000), if you're interested. However, as a career educator/administrator and grandparent of a child with special needs, I felt this current move calling to me, thus warranting a blog post. The President claims to want to return control of the schools to the states.  Below is what is in place today. In education, local control refers to (1) the  governing and management of public schools  by elected or appointed representatives serving on governing bodies, such as school boards or school committees, that are located in the communities served by the schools, and (2) the degree to which local leaders, institutions, and governing bodies can make i...