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Friday, July 13, 2012

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Gates ponders how teachers should be paid in his 'new universe'

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Gates ponders how teachers should be paid in his 'new universe':


Gates ponders how teachers should be paid in his 'new universe'

But as long as we spend the time and money to get each element right; as long as we don’t let politics block the common core; as long as we let teachers use new technology in the classroom, this could be the educational equivalent of the Big Bang – creating a new universe of learning and discovery for our teachers and students. -- Bill Gates, master of the "new universe."
Bill Gates hasn't made up his mind quite yet about merit pay. Even though the world's second richest man