Gates Funded Pro Common Core Group Changes Name in Rebranding Effort
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Mike Huckabee was right. The term “common core” has become toxic and rebranding is needed. This time, instead of states calling the Common Core State Standards by a more a palatable name, a pro-Common Core organization that received millions from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has created an entirely new name for itself.
The Colorado Legacy Foundation is rebranding. It is now called the Colorado Education Initiative. Their goal of implementing Common Core related education reforms in partnership with the Colorado Department of Education has not changed. It’s just the name that’s different. Colorado’s Commissioner of Education Robert Hammond still sits on the organization’s board as does Colorado State Board of Education member Elaine Gantz Berman.
Anything Gates related these days has become almost synonymous with Common Core. That’s because of the money they put behind funding the development and implementation of Common Core. This poses an image problem for organizations like the Colorado Legacy Foundation that Gates Funded Pro Common Core Group Changes Name in Rebranding Effort - Politichicks.tv:
