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To be fair, the Gates Foundation basically singlehandedly bankrolled the political process to push through Common Core...so a private individual buying control
by bsbechtel 11y ago
To be fair, the Gates Foundation basically singlehandedly bankrolled the political process to push through Common Core...so a private individual buying control of our public k-12 schools. There are differences here, but both are dangerous.
- tdylan 11y agoAs much as a fan of Gates I am, not a sustainable/efficient system when power is fairly centralised and can be bought.
- angdis 11y agoI really don't believe that anyone has "control" of our public schools-- unless their intent is to simply run them into the ground by failure.
- snowwrestler 11y agoCommon Core passed so quickly because: - States already had educational standards - There was already tremendous interest in improving those standards - English, science, and math work the same way in every state - States already had a lot of experience with harmonizing standards, such as the Uniform Commercial Codes Even today, with all the "controversy", the vast majority of states adhere to the Common Core, and even the states that don't, have essentially the same standards with a different name. So, there's really no reason to call this the Gates Foundation "buying control" of public schools. edit: clarity