The coalition also called on legislators to restore the bill's original framework for helping the state's lowest - performing schools, saying the legislation should «include significant flexibility in
redesigning local contracts» to help teachers and principals improve student achievement.
The agreement essentially reverses a top - down approach to reform, giving individual schools
local power over matters such as
redesigning their governance, tailoring union
contracts, lengthening the school day or making curricular decisions that lift student achievement.