Gates Foundation

School Choice & Charters Gates Foundation Supports District-Charter Collaboration with Grants
Grants awarded through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are designed to help charters and traditional districts work through issues that have traditionally sparked friction between the two sectors.
Katie Ash, January 30, 2014
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Standards & Accountability Opinion For Arne Duncan, the Buck Stops Over There
Our current US secretary of education, sadly, has shown little capacity to accept blame or take criticism for much of anything, but is a master of deflection. With Arne Duncan, time and again, the buck stops not here, but over there.
Anthony Cody, January 25, 2014
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Standards & Accountability Opinion Duncan: Bill Gates Has No Seat at the Education Policy Table
Let's take the Common Core, one of the projects that the Department of Education has been actively promoting for the past four years. How have philanthropists like Bill Gates influenced the creation and advance of this project
Anthony Cody, January 24, 2014
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Standards & Accountability Opinion Paul Horton: History Matters: The C3 Social Studies Standards are Fool's Gold
When I saw that the AHA and the NCHE endorsed the new standards on the inside cover, I saw red. This can't be, I told myself, are these two proud organizations selling out?
Anthony Cody, January 16, 2014
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Standards & Accountability Opinion Are Progressive Critics of Common Core "Getting Played" By Enemies of Public Education?
Today, Politico offers an analysis of conservative's organized opposition to the Common Core which points out that the end game for many of these Koch-funded groups is total annihilation of public education
Anthony Cody, January 7, 2014
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School Climate & Safety Opinion Common Core, China, and the Myth of Meritocracy
I think there could be a hidden, perhaps even subconscious agenda with the Common Core. We use the Common Core to create an artificial and arbitrary set of barriers to employment, and declare that anyone who is unable to surmount those barriers is too lazy or stupid to succeed in the modern competitive world.
Anthony Cody, December 30, 2013
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Standards & Accountability Opinion 2013 in Review Part 4: Teachers, Unions, and the Best Path Forward
Organizations and leaders that we count on to defend our profession, and to act on genuine expertise and reject phony reforms, repeatedly left us shaking our heads. Here are the posts where I challenged these leaders and their rationales.
Anthony Cody, December 28, 2013
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Budget & Finance Opinion 2013 in Review Part 3: Gatesian Reforms Rejected
The year 2013 was one of gaining clarity about the strategies and objectives of Gatesian education reform. This clarity allows us to begin 2014 determined to move in a different direction.
Anthony Cody, December 27, 2013
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Standards & Accountability Opinion 2013 in Review Part Two: The Year the Common Core Began to Unravel
It was supposed to be easy. The campaign was one of shock and awe, intended to overpower and silence anyone with the nerve to criticize.
Anthony Cody, December 25, 2013
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Standards & Accountability Opinion Who Decides What is Taught in Our Schools?
The fundamental question that has been presented to all of us through the Common Core process is this one: Who decides what is taught in our schools?
Anthony Cody, December 13, 2013
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States Opinion The Making of Common Core Creation Stories: Myth or Fact?
Origins are of great importance because they tell us so much about the soul, the essence of a project. The essence of the Common Core was developed by a handful of corporations and corporate-funded think tanks who wanted schools to meet certain benchmarks to better prepare the employees of the future.
Anthony Cody, December 11, 2013
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IT Infrastructure & Management Opinion Will the Common Core be the Rosetta Stone for Corporate Reform?
Scholars frustrated with cryptic hieroglyphs of Ancient Egypt were excited to unlock their secrets using the Rosetta Stone. The Common Core has become a Rosetta Stone for understanding how corporate education reform is reshaping public education.
Anthony Cody, December 8, 2013
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Federal Opinion Is ASCD Embracing Market-Driven Education Reform?
Organizations like ASCD are being directly paid to "support implementation" of Common Core, which in effect converts them into advocates for the controversial standards.
Anthony Cody, December 5, 2013
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6 min read
Ed-Tech Policy Gates, Zuckerberg Pour Money Into School Connectivity Plan
Foundations supported by Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates are backing to a nonprofit focused on improving high-speed broadband in schools.
Ben Kamisar, December 4, 2013
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