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Saturday, October 22, 2011

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Gates: We know more about teaching than educators do

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Gates: We know more about teaching than educators do:

Gates: We know more about teaching than educators do


Bill & Melinda Gates tell schools to operate like a business. They claim that they know more about how to teach than do teachers themselves.
It may surprise you—it was certainly surprising to us—but the field of education doesn't know very much at all about effective teaching. We have all known terrific teachers. You watch them at work