Word: controller
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...Taking Control...
...meet Bush's goal, some entity -- probably N.A.E.P. -- will have to set standards for mastery of a given subject and design a test for it. That still leaves room for states and school districts to determine how material is taught. Besides, local control has hardly proved to be a miracle drug for improving educational levels. "Local school districts don't have incentives to work hard," says Lester Thurow, dean of M.I.T.'s Sloan School of Management. "I'm not worried about too much authority. I worry about too little...
...promoting reasoning skills but can cost as much as $50 a student, according to N.A.E.P. Chairman Finn. Whatever kinds of tests are eventually chosen, educators are sure to complain that they are being forced to "teach to the test," thus robbing students of real learning and depriving teachers of control...
...Caucasus, secessionist fever has infected the Baltics -- and as far as many Soviets are concerned, all that party members and parliamentarians have done is gather for mass talkathons. There have even been calls from both Gorbachev's foes and his supporters for an "iron hand" to take control. The conservative daily Sovetskaya Rossiya complained last week that the Kremlin's brand of reform has been "costly, contradictory, and inadequately thought out" and called for a strengthening of party rule...
...even if he wins the election, Kaifu, 59, may lose his office. Many Old Guard L.D.P. luminaries believe a victory would be an invitation for them to resume control of the party...