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Backlash for Gates Foundation's Education Plans

posted by mattie_p on Tuesday February 18 2014, @09:27PM   
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."

• Re:Once upon a time...Re:Once upon a time... (Score: 0, Flamebait) by eravnrekaree on Wednesday February 19 2014, @05:56AM

  by eravnrekaree (555) on Wednesday February 19 2014, @05:56AM (#2174)

  Today there is concern that Communist propoganda is found in the curriculum, just not stated as such but worked in a subtle manner. Do not underestimate the evil of communism nor the influence of it in the US, which instead of being overt has moved into more of a covert program. They work in a gradual manner under the title Liberal, to advocate an ever expanding role of government in the lives of the people and how wonderful and great the government is and how we must have it control more and more of our lives to protect us and so on.

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• Re:Once upon a time...(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 19 2014, @04:12PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 19 2014, @04:12PM (#2552)

  thanks for the laugh McCarthy

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