Big Three Edu-Spending
The folks at EdSector received a $2.22 million, 3-year grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation "to explore and highlight policies at the state level that prevent greater use of innovation, technology, and competency-based education". CMOs, a main component of the second wave of B&MGF reforms (the first being their botched small schools movement), were clearly not sustainable even before the financial calamity, and they're facing even more challenges now that state budgets are being slashed. "Hybrid learning" both appeals to the new philanthropists (many with a background in tech), and can save money by limiting labor costs.
In case you haven't followed some of the controversy around the NJ/Newark reforms, it recently came to light thatthe Broad Foundation is paying for a consultant to help Cerf with whatever Cerf is doing these days:
In case you haven't followed some of the controversy around the NJ/Newark reforms, it recently came to light thatthe Broad Foundation is paying for a consultant to help Cerf with whatever Cerf is doing these days:
