Reform in Education?

So I am a liberal. Those who know me are saying "duh" upon reading this. On Friday at MSET I heard 'education reformer' Diane Ravitch (@DianeRavitch) speak. She made me feel like a moderate! Is the state, feds, and business are not fit to decide what is taught to our kids and how it is taught, then who is? Do we really want local jurisdictions and all of their bias' to alone determine what our kids are taught?