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jcd writes:
"The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the primary backer for the inBloom educational grading and service (which also acts as a platform for third-party applications), is catching flak for its role in encouraging the outsourcing of US Education. The article (cited by RMS today) argues that though the Common Core is a scary new concept that takes power away from state and local school governance, the real danger is allowing corporate enterprises to have so much control over our classrooms. The Washington Post also reports a case where Pearson included corporate logos and promotional materials inside its test booklets."
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(Score: 1) by Khyber on Tuesday February 18 2014, @10:55PM
Let's face it. As much as we want to say 'We're #1!' that shit isn't happening for several categories (including at LEAST two in STEM-focused courses.)
Until we kill private education and force everything to a high-standard gov't mandate, we are under-privileged versus these other countries. We're just dead soldiers to the gov't at this point and time unless we know good tactics and electronic shit to stop the 'enemy,' just like our current enemy already knows.
Don't be naive. If you can think of it, our military already has it. Think past yourself to win.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 18 2014, @10:59PM
Kill private education? ...Please explain