if "local" means state, then I'm all for it. I'm not sure how granular you want to go with control. I think there need to be some standards, but I'm not clear where they should lie.
On thursday I gave a talk and made the apocolyptic prediction that in 25 years 90% of the colleges and universities would be bankrupt and/or out of business. Not sure that I totally believe that, but digital has changed everything. It is true that kids learn from games. So we need to embrace that. I can't believe the short-sightedness of some colleges...shutting off wireless in the classroom because "kids don't pay attention to the lecture." Well, maybe its becuase your lecture sucks and is irrelevant. Those who can harness the technology will win. Those who fight it will lose. Look at the recording industry. The storm is coming...just depends if you'll be ready:
http://nostatic.com/work/diyTimed-web.mov