Bill Gates Says He Wants Common Standards AND A Common Curriculum
It's all about being "common" - for the commoners, at any rate:Bill Gates called the Common Core academic standards a “very basic idea” to set national standards for what students should know at various grades. But at a POLITICO event Monday, he also stepped right up to the edge of advocating a common curriculum as well — something that Common Core supporters have made it clear they do n
No Wonder The Corporatists Want To Get Rid Of Teacher Tenure/Due Process Protections
From Bloomberg Businessweek:A political candidate’s firing in Florida offers a reminder of a little-understood fact of American life: Companies have sweeping discretion to effectively regulate what their workers do outside of work, including running for elected office.That startling reality resurfaced after Marriott Vacations Worldwide came under fire for terminating Viviana Janer, a senior manage
Bill Gates Has Some Lessons Leadership For You
Great start to week breakfast with @BillGates in DC #LessonsFromLeaders ... the ultimate thought-leader— Nick Owens (@MSPLLC) September 29, 2014Lesson #1:Only listen to yourself. No one else knows anything but you.Lesson # 2:Have more money than God so you don't have to listen to anybody else.Lesson #3:Be as ruthless in business as possible, stealing as many ideas as you can from others and crushi
9-28-14 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: How Are Schools Supposed To Work When Everything Else Around Them Is Broken?Had a discussion with NY Daily News reporter Ben Chapman over the "disruption" that education reformers bring to the education system (and the money they make off of that "disruption") that went like this the other day:@NYDNBenChapman Cuomo's Smart Schools jive all about "dis