“In my State of the Union address this year, I said that Congress should reform the No Child Left Behind law based on the principles that have guided Race to the Top,” President Obama announced Friday. “Congress hasn’t been able to do it. So I will. … Given that Congress cannot act, I am acting.”

But by what authority?

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