...that could face opposition from conservatives opposed to the federal government imposing any kinds of standards on local school systems. Another section likely to be changed significantly is the immigration language. The 1996 document stresses tough...

...of State protection: Small schools were forced to consolidate and burdened with redundant curriculum until our local school system deteriorated. Small farms, creameries, etc. were regulated out of business with unrealistic quality-control...

...far. Some things in Washington are simply not amenable to change. We refer, of course, to the snow policy of local school systems, which tend to close at the sighting of a single flake. President Obama led off a meeting on the economy Wednesday...

...Pine, both of which shut down within the last decade. Proposal A, a 1994 school financing overhaul, guarantees local school systems a set amount per student while limiting their ability to ask taxpayers for additional revenue. Upper Peninsula...

...parental involvement and back teachers who are trying to instill discipline in the classroom. "I would like the local school systems to find answers to what would be best for them," he said. Running his first campaign during a presidential election...

...County Rural School System. When the family moved to Silver Bay Ruth Cook continued teaching for 20 years with the local school system. "Ruth and Clarence raised three children and saw that each of them got a college degree," Scearcy said.