Education

eridani

(51,907 posts) Sat Mar 28, 2015, 02:18 AM Mar 2015

Stunning revelation Bill Gates has spent $2.3 Billion on Common Core – #PARCC

http://northdenvernews.com/stunning-revelation-bill-gates-has-spent-2-3-billion-on-common-core/

The new curriculum driven into law by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, the Common Core Standards, is a product of massive spending on an unprecedented historical level by Bill Gates.

Research by Jack Hassard, Professor Emeritus at Georgia State, shows compelling evidence that Gates has spent $2.3 billion pushing the Common Core. More than 1800 grants to organizations running from teachers unions to state departments of education to political groups like the National Governor’s Association have pushed the Common Core into 45 states, with little transparency and next to no public review.

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Stunning revelation Bill Gates has spent $2.3 Billion on Common Core – #PARCC (Original Post) eridani Mar 2015 OP

That speaks volumes, but some will translate it incorrectly. merrily Mar 2015 #1

then he wasted his money and our children Demeter Mar 2015 #2

I'll say it again. Fearless Mar 2015 #3

In theory it sounds really good to have a common core of education, but LiberalArkie Mar 2015 #4

Common Core requires all testing done on computer. roody Mar 2015 #5

merrily

(45,251 posts)

1. That speaks volumes, but some will translate it incorrectly.

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2015, 02:29 AM

Mar 2015

Demeter

(85,373 posts)

2. then he wasted his money and our children

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2015, 03:29 AM

Mar 2015

Fearless

(18,458 posts)

3. I'll say it again.

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2015, 05:50 AM

Mar 2015

Stay the hell out of education.

LiberalArkie

(16,507 posts)

4. In theory it sounds really good to have a common core of education, but

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2015, 08:03 AM

Mar 2015

with the schools (no child left behind) being rated on the tests. The schools have to spend all the time prepping for the tests and not general education. So we have kids graduating knowing how to pass tests, how to fake knowing things, but knowing nothing else. No civics being taught, so they learn laws and goverment from preachers. i.e.: ten commandments are basis for our law not the Magna Carta. The ten commandments or Mosaic law is the basis of Sharia law not our law.

At least the rich can get their children educated in private schools. At least their will be some people with an education.

roody

(10,849 posts)

5. Common Core requires all testing done on computer.

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Mon Mar 30, 2015, 07:36 PM

Mar 2015

It was an investment.

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