Proponents also take issue with the perception that the Core was federally mandated, since states chose to adopt them, albeit
incentivized with federal money.
Not exact matches
But as we've learned from roughly a quarter - century of experience
with state - level school choice programs and
federal higher education policy, any connection to the
federal government can have unintended consequences for choice, including
incentivizing government control of the schools to which public
money flows.
Through the Race to the Top initiative, for example, the Obama administration succeeded in
incentivizing states: Even
with relatively small pots of
money — just $ 4 billion, or less than 2 percent of
federal education spending — the administration encouraged states to prioritize innovative teacher and principal reforms and develop rigorous academic standards.22 Thirty - four states modified their policies in response to the
federal initiative, even though only 19 states received
federal funding to do so.23