The Federal Government’s War on Local School Boards

Federalism refers to a balance of power between a central government and the various states or provinces in a country, each component of government having powers and responsibilities of its own. Even though, as we all know, we have three levels of government in the USA — federal, state, and local, each with the power to tax and to make laws of its own — federalism in this country refers not to a balance between the federal government and local units (or local and state units) but only to a balan

Federalism refers to a balance of power between a central government and the various states or provinces in a country, each component of government having powers and responsibilities of its own. Even though, as we all know, we have three levels of government in the USA — federal, state, and local, each with the power to tax and to make laws of its own — federalism in this country refers not to a balance between the federal government and local units (or local and state units) but only to a balan…