Paul Cillo: More state control is not the answer

Editor’s note: This commentary is by Paul Cillo, the president of the Public Assets Institute, a nonpartisan, nonprofit fiscal policy think tank based in Montpelier.Two years ago, I wrote an op-ed that opened: “The legislature can work with local communities to improve education, or it can push them around.”
This is a fundamental choice that the governor and lawmakers continue to wrestle with this session.
In 2015, the debate was over school district consolidation. This ye