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Backlash for Gates Foundation's Education Plans

posted by mattie_p on Tuesday February 18 2014, @09:27PM   Printer-friendly
from the corporate-sponsorship dept.
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: 3, Interesting) by cwix on Wednesday February 19 2014, @12:12AM

    by cwix (873) on Wednesday February 19 2014, @12:12AM (#2043)

    Then they really should stick to the third world countries. I am not sure I am real fond of this common core that is being put into place here in the US.

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