Central planning.E.D. Hirsch contends that certain "nationalized, bureaucratic bu·reau·crat n. 1. An official of a bureaucracy. 2. An official who is rigidly devoted to the details of administrative procedure. bu , nonmarket education systems" such as Japan's develop higher-order skills not by directly teaching such skills but by paying close attention to the "sequence and coherence of content" (see "Not So Grand a Strategy," Feature, Spring 2003). The policy implication, Hirsch writes, is that the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. needs a "coherent, specified grade-by-grade elementary curriculum," not the "local control of curriculum and letting a hundred flowers bloom." Hirsch underestimates the deformities inherent in highly centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. education systems. Centrally planned systems do not encourage ideas from the grassroots, thereby ignoring the nature of knowledge and discovery. Market-like mechanisms, not central planners, are the best way to direct resources toward success and away from failure. They are the only way to nurture NURTURE. The act of taking care of children and educating them: the right to the nurture of children generally belongs to the father till the child shall arrive at the age of fourteen years, and not longer. Till then, he is guardian by nurture. Co. Litt. 38 b. sustainable innovation--as opposed to K-12 education's endless fads. TOM SHUFORD Ventura, California Incorporated in 1866, the city of San Buenaventura (usually referred to as Ventura) is the county seat of Ventura County, California. Ventura has a population of 106,744.[1] Ventura is accessible via U.S. |
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