Around the Edu-Horn, July 13, 2010
RT @wpnick WP's Turque has it first: D.C. elementary scores declined this year under #edreform star #Rhee.http://bit.ly/b3CC1L
Can Gates Remake K-12 Education?
RT @markkerr Draft Framework for 'Next Gen' Science Standards Issued http://ow.ly/2azFs
The continued edujobs debacle --http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/39634.html
The myth of teacher tenure? http://tinyurl.com/2do2rm8
RT @jeneps Harkin takes #4profit battle to the oped page of the LA Times. "The threat of a new bubble..."http://bit.ly/d4tKfx
Can Gates Remake K-12 Education?
Yesterday, Nick Anderson offered up a front-page story in The Washington Post on the influence and impact the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is having on education reform in the United States. For many, this was not new news (particularly since Libby Quaid and the Associated Press did a similar story about two years ago), but the size and scope was bound to attract attention. When we start to see the number of grants awarded, the total dollars doled out, and the influential individuals who have moved from Gates into either government or practitioner roles, and you start to see the possibility of the Gates Foundation and education improvement.
But Eduflack is struck by the same thinking that has dogged him for years. Anderson's well-written piece portrays the current K-12 public education environment and how the Gates Foundation needs to work within the confines of that system. It continues to be about refurbishing existing homes, not about tearing down and building new. And if anything was clear from the Anderson article, it is that Gates is in a position to do it its
But Eduflack is struck by the same thinking that has dogged him for years. Anderson's well-written piece portrays the current K-12 public education environment and how the Gates Foundation needs to work within the confines of that system. It continues to be about refurbishing existing homes, not about tearing down and building new. And if anything was clear from the Anderson article, it is that Gates is in a position to do it its
