Bill Gates Invites You to Learn About “The State of Education”
Let’s just say it upfront. If you wanted to know more about “The State of Education,” and how to “rebuild a more equitable system,” the...
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Leonie Haimson: Biden Should Focus on Vaccinating Teachers Instead of Forcing States to Give Pointless Tests
Leonie Haimson, executive director of Class Size Matters, board member of the Network for Public Education, and expert on student privacy, pulls together some interesting...
Nancy Bailey: Is EdTrust Behind the Renewal of Standardized Testing?
Nancy Bailey explains why we should worry about who is making the decisions at the U.S. Department of Education before any of its top officials...
Nora De La Cour: Abolish High-Stakes Testing
Teacher Nora De La Cour writes on her blog that it is time to restore the joy of teaching and learning by abolishing high-stakes testing....
Biden Administration Adds “Reformers” to Key Roles in Department of Education
Here we go again. Before either Secretary-designate Miguel Cardona or Deputy Secretary Cindy Marten have been confirmed by the Senate, key jobs in the Department...
The Gates Foundation’s Not-Green Revolution in Africa
Jan Urhahn writes in Jacobin about the negative effects of the Gates Foundation’s efforts to promote a Green Revolution in Africa and to reduce hunger....
Website Created by Gates Foundation Leaves Open Personal Data of Hundreds of Thousands of Students
The Financial Times reported a major data breach of personally identifiable student data on a website funded by the Gates Foundation. Bill Gates, as we...
Tim Schwab: Is Bill Gates Undermining Public Health Data?
Tim Schwab has written several articles about the Gates Foundation and its negative effect on freedom of the press, education, and every other arena where...
Beware the “Betsy DeVos of Washington State”
Laurel Demkovich writes here about the election in Washington State for state superintendent. The incumbent Chris Reykdal faces a challenger who supports charter schools and...
Peter Goodman on Bill Gates’ Next Big Idea
Peter Goodman, former teacher and frequent blogger about education in New York City and New York State, reviews Bill Gates’ next big idea to reform...