Gates Gives Common Core Owner, CCSSO, $15.4 Million Just to Keep ‘Em in Business
The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) is one of two owners of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). In fact, former CCSSO CEO Gene Wilhoit approached Gates in the summer of 2008 to ask Gates to fund CCSS.
Despite the reality that CCSS has not taken American education by the standardizing storm that its schemers had hoped, Gates continues to fund CCSS as a pet project.
Furthermore, in January 2016, Gates has decided to do something he had not yet done:
Pay CCSSO handsomely for “general operating support”:
Council of Chief State School Officers
Date: January 2016
Purpose: to provide for general operating support
Amount: $15,408,198
Term: 30
Topic: College-Ready
Program: United States
Grantee Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Grantee Website: http://www.ccsso.org
Gates’ paying the rent to the tune of $15.4 million (likely over 30 months) for CCSSO equals a decidedly obvious purchase of that organization– and the state Gates Gives Common Core Owner, CCSSO, $15.4 Million Just to Keep ‘Em in Business | deutsch29:
