Parents, Beware Gates $$$$ Connections! Teachers, You’d Better Watch Out Too
by Susan Ohanian
Three Little Questions:To Parents: This is the massive data collection system funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that will put your children’s up for auction. Why hasn’t your PTA told you about any of this?To Teachers: This is the massive data system funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that will put your students’ data up to the highest bidder andeat you alive. Why hasn’t your union told you about any of this?To Media: Why don’t you ever question anything the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation does?
We now may be seeing the real purpose of the Common Core. It’s all about data mining and selling, not curriculum.
It’s all about the technology. Shared Learning Collaborative, one more Gates venture, announces that the technology being developed will support the implementation of the Common Core State Standards and help states and districts provide teachers with the instructional data and tools they need to make personalized learning the norm in every classroom.
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