A Former Education Secretary’s Advice For Betsy DeVos

Claudio Sanchez January 16, 201712:01 PM ET

We’ve seen the pendulum swing from a more muscular federal role like we had during No Child Left Behind in the Bush era, to times when the primacy was in the states, which is the case now [with the Every Student Succeeds Act]. We’re now in a phase where states can be incubators of innovation.