Schools Matter: Ohanian's Supplement to NYTimes Piece on Bill Gates

Schools Matter: Ohanian's Supplement to NYTimes Piece on Bill Gates

Ohanian's Supplement to NYTimes Piece on Bill Gates

by Jim Horn

From Susan O.:

This is a supplement to Sam Dillon's front-page New York Times article Behind Grass-Roots School Advocacy, Bill Gates, May 22, 2011.

Mr. Gates is creating entirely new advocacy groups. The foundation is also paying Harvard-trained data specialists to work inside school districts, not only to crunch numbers but also to change practices. It is bankrolling many of the Washington analysts who interpret education issues for journalists and giving grants to some media organizations.

--Sam Dillon, The New York Times, front page, May 22, 2011

What Good News: Sam Dillon at the New York Times has discovered that "local teachers who