Six on Schools: In which I explain how I unintentionally spread fake news about Bill Gates and now set the record straight; a
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philip panaritis
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In which I explain how I unintentionally spread fake news about Bill Gates and now set the record straight
"So you heard it here first: As far as I know, Bill Gates has NOT renounced his support of any of the above policies, including charter schools, online learning, Common Core standards or the data-mining of students.
He did NOT say that he would push for meaningful research-based reforms in our public schools like small classes, or any of the other benefits provided him or his kids at their private schools.
This is easily ascertained by looking at his foundation's recent K12 grants.
See this one from April of 2017, for example, in which he awarded $225 to the Seattle public schools "to ensure the K-12 team’s work in equity is grounded in the real experiences of teachers, we must engage them directly in our learning." Yes, you read it right, an entire $225 to ensure K12 equity in the Seattle public schools.
Compare that to this grant in June: $10 million "to support implementation of the Summit Learning program in targeted geographies." This will help them expand their online learning platform further into public schools, where it has caused many students to become bored and disengaged, according to their parents, and to lose the control of their children's personal data to the CEO of the Summit charter chain, without their consent.
He may be getting older, as are the rest of us, but apparently no wiser."
He did NOT say that he would push for meaningful research-based reforms in our public schools like small classes, or any of the other benefits provided him or his kids at their private schools.
This is easily ascertained by looking at his foundation's recent K12 grants.
See this one from April of 2017, for example, in which he awarded $225 to the Seattle public schools "to ensure the K-12 team’s work in equity is grounded in the real experiences of teachers, we must engage them directly in our learning." Yes, you read it right, an entire $225 to ensure K12 equity in the Seattle public schools.
Compare that to this grant in June: $10 million "to support implementation of the Summit Learning program in targeted geographies." This will help them expand their online learning platform further into public schools, where it has caused many students to become bored and disengaged, according to their parents, and to lose the control of their children's personal data to the CEO of the Summit charter chain, without their consent.
He may be getting older, as are the rest of us, but apparently no wiser."
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