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I'm not sure I understand what this is in reference to. Mind providing some more details? I'm genuinely curious.

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• WillyOnWheels 9y ago
  http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-gates-education-20160601-snap-story.html http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-gates-educat...
  • elevenfist 9y ago
    Hmm, it doesn't appear to be their intention to fuck up education though. They tried to fund smaller classes but it ended up not improving performance and made schools more costly over the long term, (crappy instructors/hiring policies were likely the root cause of the failure, and then those new small schools didn't provide a good ror on the money invested vs other projects) So then they tried to improve teacher quality with bonus schemes, but their implementation made the problem worse (who decides who gets the bonus? What happens when the majority are mediocre bad actors?). Then they backed common core which was rolled out quickly for fear that teachers, schools, and parents would water it down. And there was a vehement backlash. It looks like they just keep fucking up on the little details, which naturally is going to fuck up initiatives that could've worked. They need better employees and a ceo :/
    • WillyOnWheels 9y ago
      > Hmm, it doesn't appear to be their intention to fuck up education though. I agree the Gates Foundation does not intend to screw up public education.
      • douche 9y ago
        The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
• soperj 9y ago
  They've literally had zero success reforming education and figured the best way to rectify that would be to lobby to bring that zero success to the entire country. For someone who believes in evidence based policy(and bonuses for teachers), this is such a fucking failure there's no other way to put it.