Places like Aspen tend to attract educational revolutionaries, many of whom . Some of them will end up inspiring teachers and students; others won't. But I don't think we should be trying to pick winners here. The only large-scale, top-down thing I'd be inclined to embrace would be wiring classrooms; everything else should be pushed down. School boards will empower principals, principals will empower teachers, and teachers will empower students. Instead of one-size-fits-all, we'll have a vibrant, heterogeneous system customized not only to states and cities but even down to the level of the individual student. It will involve much of the current management giving up their power and control, but it's probably inevitable, sooner or later. Let's embrace it, and trust that the less we try to control the way we educate America's kids, the better educated they're going to end up being.This piece first appeared in .