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Have you gotten a call from Ready Washington about the wonders of Common Core Standards and the SBAC? If so, this is why | Seattle Education

Have you gotten a call from Ready Washington about the wonders of Common Core Standards and the SBAC? If so, this is why | Seattle Education:



Have you gotten a call from Ready Washington about the wonders of Common Core Standards and the SBAC? If so, this is why

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Ready Washington Coalition… of the bought
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Partnership for Learning, the education arm of the Washington Roundtable. From the Gates Foundation website. received $499,492 “to support the Ready Washington Coalition and stakeholder groups to improve communications and outreach around the Common Core State Standards”.
Stand for Children Washington (Gates)
Washington STEM (Gates)
Excellent Schools Now, from their website, The steering committee of Excellent Schools Now consists of: League of Education Voters, Partnership for Learning, Schools Out Washington, Stand for Children Washington and Tabor 100. Received money through the League of Education Voters to the tune of $1,499,543 for the “Purpose: to continue public engagement and action project to advance the policies and priorities of A+ Washington through the Excellent Schools Now (ESN) Coalition.
Washington State PTA (Gates money)
Council of Presidents
State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
Department of Early Learning
League of Education Voters (Gates)
ReadyNation (Gates)
Democrats for Education Reform (Gates and corporate money)
Puget Sound Educational Service District (Who brought us Race to the Top and data mining of our students’ information)
State Board of Education (populated with the usual suspects)
The Parents Union (Gates)
College Spark Washington
Schools Out Washington (Gates)
Center for Strengthening the Teaching Profession
Washington Association of School Administrators
Washington Student Achievement Council
Washington Roundtable (Big money)
Renton Technical College (?)
Consider the source.
Most of these faux roots organizations and even some who are not, including the Washington State PTA, receive money from Bill Gates.
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