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This article on Mises.org (HT: Blake Stephenson) gives an example of how the negative feedback loops inherent in large, centrally directed bureaucracies stifle the use of judgment, local knowledge and initiative.
The article illustrates why the modern state should not be in charge of public education. But I think it also suggests that there [...]
One of the women in my education masters program came up with the following advertisement to recruit secondary teachers after reading Phil Gang’s Rethinking Education. She did it with a little tongue and cheek, but frankly, it’s spot on!
“Secondary level teacher of ……………required, must have high self esteem, be intelligent, have a full extra [...]
It is important to note that the economic crisis we are in right now is not the result of technical or material conditions. It is an economic problem, a problem regarding the coordination of individuals’ plans and the available resources.
Sustainability requires a balance of conservation with use. Governments everywhere subsidize consumption and tax saving [...]
Maria Montessori writes the following in “To Educate the Human Potential”:
“How can the mind of a growing individual continue to be interested if all our teaching be around one particular subject of limited scope, and is confined to the transmission of such small details of knowledge as he is able to memorize? How can [...]
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