Education and transportation policies are primarily state responsibilities. However, under the federal government has also been making policy in these areas.

The answer is cooperative federalism.

Explanation:

Cooperative federalism consists of a concept related to the interaction between federal, state, and local governments to solve some common problems cooperatively. This concept was established to foment that governments could solve problems cooperatively instead of making policies separately.

In the American federal system, there have been some issues related to the national government's ability to implement the different policies through the use of the executive branch concerning state governments. This is the reason why Congress tends to avoid the acceptance of nationalized programs.  

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