Uncle Sam's role is to
encourage movement in this direction, probably by giving states that join such consortia some breaks on No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and its successors, perhaps a bit more money, perhaps automatic approval of their standards and tests without further inspection or negotiation.
Not exact matches
Whilst the former is certainly a positive
movement in the right
direction,
encouraging active participatory learning that fosters increased engagement, there would be few who could claim that autonomous learners are not the ultimate goal of education, certainly not anyone who understands motivation theory anyway.
Bilateral setups work best when they fit into larger cycles that
encourage price
movement in either
direction.