Using these four strategies, federal policy and programs can help state and
local education agencies put excellent teachers in charge of student learning by implementing these transformative school models and accelerating development of the tools necessary to support them.
The piece explains that it is «customary for federal
agencies to issue detailed regulations on how new laws should be
put into effect,» but notes that «some lawmakers from both parties saw» ED's regulations «as unusually aggressive and far - reaching, and said they could subvert ESSA's intent of re-establishing
local control over
education and decreasing the emphasis on testing.»