Instead, students sit under technocrats who have been given licenses through the Ph.D., and the question about what constitutes a master teacher has on the whole been ignored. (firstthings.com)
To gain an appreciation of the limited influence of technocrats in K - 12 testing policy, I would suggest reading some of the Fordham Institute's voluminous work making the case of what a complete hash a great many states have made of their testing systems for public schools. (jaypgreene.com)
While the United States continues the ridiculous debate on the science of climate change (see «Climategate» scandal, which is a result of hacked e-mails from a British research institute, but seems to be getting most play in the United States; but see also this excellent response by the U.S. scientific community organized by a colleague), little such doubt lingers in China, a country governed by technocrats with degrees in engineering and science. (greenleapforward.com)