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Same people funding these insane school programs?
by soperj 8y ago
Same people funding these insane school programs?
- redisman 8y agoLebron James has to fix all the ills in American society? Hmm I wonder why this country can't get anything productive done...
- soperj 8y agoYou have people pouring money into the school system, and the OP says it's in the wrong spot, and then the next poster asks, but who will fund that? clearly take money from one, put it in the other if that's the solution.
- freehunter 8y agoWho are you to say what charitable cause a private citizen spends their money on? Do you want to complain that Bill Gates spends money trying to cure malaria rather than remove trash from the ocean too?
- soperj 8y agono but i'll absolutely complain about the way the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation has changed the school system in the US.
- epicureanideal 8y agoI'm not familiar with their influence, but I'd love to learn about it! Please link me to more details.
- soperj 8y agothey are entirely responsible for common core, and teachers pay based on standardized tests.
- PebblesRox 8y agoHere’s one overview: http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-gates-education-20160601-snap-story.html http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-gates-educat... Common Core specific: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-bill-gates-pulled-off-the-swift-common-core-revolution/2014/06/07/a830e32e-ec34-11e3-9f5c-9075d5508f0a_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-bill-gates-pulle...
- dkonofalski 8y agoWhy are they insane?
- soperj 8y agoCommon core and teachers wages dependent on standardized testing is nuts.
- orwin 8y agoDo america's teacher wage depends on the child result to a standardized test?
- soperj 8y agoin most states now yes. all because of bill gates.
- dkonofalski 8y agoNo, they're exaggerating. Some school funds are dependent on testing results. The better a school performs, the more funding they get from federal programs (some, not all). To say that teachers' wages are dependent on the results of these tests is just disingenuous.