Transforming Teacher Preparation—Gates Style
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have a quote on their website that says“Nobody knows teaching like teachers.” If they believe that, why don’t they let teachers teach the way they know best? Or, why don’t they ask them what they needto teach better?
Instead, Mr. and Mrs. Gates are going to now transform how teachers are made, because they obviously don’t think teachers really know teaching.
The other day I wrote about how we are losing a true profession of teaching—a profession that looks at children, and not just high-stakes test scores and keeping students marching in a straight line.
It is common knowledge that the Gates Foundation has not done well in many of their endeavors—see HERE and HERE for a few examples. We also know that there were problems in Tampa with the Gates and their efforts to make teachers over with their style of what they call teacher effectiveness. Tax dollars also pay for these programs when they don’t live up to their hype.
Now, the Gates are moving into the university arena. They are permitted to spend $34 million on competitive grants on a variety of programs to transform how teachers learn Transforming Teacher Preparation—Gates Style:
