And there is even a growing consensus that the federal government should trade bureaucratic control in return for better test results.

ECONOMIST: The education president (Part 2)

Changing Mexico's energy laws is widely seen as an important test for a country that captured the imagination of investors for linking its economy in a free-trade deal with the U.S. in the mid-1990s, but which saw its star dim to other emerging markets like China and Brazil in recent years.

WSJ: Mexico Sees Energy as Key to Reset Economy

Changing Mexico's energy laws is widely seen as an important test for a country that captured the imagination of investors for linking its economy in a free-trade deal with the U.S. in the mid-1990s, but which saw its star dim relative to other emerging markets like China and Brazil in recent years.

WSJ: Mexico Sees Energy as Key to Reset Economy