School boards are much more local affairs. So rather than a state, it's just your town or a small group of towns in a rural area. That means that upturning the

School boards are much more local affairs. So rather than a state, it's just your town or a small group of towns in a rural area. That means that upturning the entire system is actually quite difficult, but allows for much more flexibility with regards to community norms. We're traditionally nonhomogenous in aggregate in the US but have a lot of communities with shared values and have decided the best way to administrate that is to allow for flexibility within state guidelines.