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Yong Zhao, the leading American expert on educational reform in China and Southeast Asia, points out that China, the leading economic competitor of the United States, is actually decentralizing its curriculum, diversifying assessment, and encouraging local autonomy and innovation. Meanwhile, Zhao concludes, while China is decentralizing and Singapore is promoting a creative environment characterized by the principle of “Teach Less, Learn More,” U.S. education has been stubbornly “moving toward authoritarianism, letting the government dictate what and how students should learn and what schools should teach” (Zhao, 2009).

Quote ID: 01053

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Pasi Sahlberg

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Finnish Lessons 2.0

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