Gates’ Common Core Money and Kentucky
Kentucky was the first state to adopt the Common Core, and they did so before the final draft was even published. I highlighted some of Lyndsey Layton’s article in the Washington Post on Bill Gates’ involvement with the Common Core earlier today on another blog. The excerpt related to Kentucky I found fascinating and frankly outrageous as it shows education policy can be bought.The first victory
Gates Foundation: Don’t Count Common Core Assessments for Two Years
The timing of a letter from the Gates Foundation is suspect with Oklahoma and South Carolina’s plan to rewrite their standards, and other states like Missouri and North Carolina waiting in the wings, as well as, the interview with Bill Gates that Washington Post published. Vicki Phillips, the Director of Education, College Ready at the Gates Foundation, wrote in “A Letter to our Partners” that Com