Why Bill Gates is NOT the man to "re-imagine" eduction in New York (or anywhere else)

[Mark Crispin Miller]

From Jimmy Han:

This writer is clueless about Bill Gates’s other crimes and conniving plans (dismissing his plan to use a “tattoo-like mechanism” 

as “conspiracy theory”), but at least he recognizes what Gates wants to do to New York education. There’s some good content 

in this article re: Gates' failure in education.

EDITORS' PICK|14,234 views|May 8, 2020,04:04pm EDT

Why Bill Gates Is Not The Man To Reimagine New York Education

https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2020/05/08/why-bill-gates-is-not-the-man-to-reimagine-new-york-education/#4ff33e3d79cc

Peter GreeneSenior Contributor

Education

I look at K-12 policies and practices from the classroom perspective.

Bill Gates delivers a speech at the fundraising day at the Sixth World Fund Conference in Lyon, ... [+]

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It literally took less than an hour for the pushback to start. Governor Andrew Cuomo dismissively questioned why school buildings even exist these days, and announced that he was enlisting Bill Gates to help reimagine education in the Empire State. From a dozen different corners, the objections came.

One day later, Cuomo’s Facebook page attempted to soften the announcement. “Teachers are heroes & nothing could ever replace in-person learning,” the post began, before assuring readers that the reimagining would be done “in full partnership with educators and administrators.” That does not appear to have calmed anybody’s fears.

So what’s the concern?

Bill Gates gets blamed for plenty of crazy things. One pandemic conspiracy theory is that he has engineered all of this so that he can implant brain chips (and if that’s not enough for you, this chips will supposedly include the mark of the beast). [Haw, haw! But let's move on— MCM]

But the Gates track record in education deserves more careful scrutiny. For people who haven’t paid close attention, it may seem a simple matter—a very rich guy wanted to give money to help with education. What could be wrong with that?

The Gates Foundation has undertaken several projects in education. They have not gone well, and while Gates has always had the ability to walk away from these projects unscathed, not everyone has been so lucky.

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