This Week In Education: Thompson: Thin-Skinned Response From Gates

This Week In Education: Thompson: Thin-Skinned Response From Gates:

Thompson: Thin-Skinned Response From Gates

by john thompson

During the Anthony Cody's five-part exchange with the Gates Foundation atLiving in Dialogue, Cody presented a series of closely argued positions on school reform, while the foundation's representatives responded with sound bites.
Even so,  I was flabbergasted by the response in Impatient Optimistsby Irving Scott and Stacey Childress to Cody’s last post.  So, I reread their "The Role of the Marketplace in Education," and Cody’s post to see what I missed that made the foundation’s representatives so angry.   They seemed livid about his words regarding the Shared Learning Collaborative (SLC) and a contract involving the Wireless Generation.
I do not know enough to comment on their disagreement with Cody, so for all I know, they might have a point on