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Saturday, November 23, 2019

The NewDeal for Education: Familiar Common Core and Data Driven Reformers Shifting Education to a Workforce Pipeline. – Missouri Education Watchdog

The NewDeal for Education: Familiar Common Core and Data Driven Reformers Shifting Education to a Workforce Pipeline. – Missouri Education Watchdog

The NewDeal for Education: Familiar Common Core and Data Driven Reformers Shifting Education to a Workforce Pipeline


Before the roll-out of Common Core, 10 organizations got together in 2005 and created a “nonprofit” whose mission was about collecting and  standardizing children’s data. That organization, The Data Quality Campaign, was and is funded by Bill Gates. One of the Data Quality Campaign’s founding partners was the Alliance for Excellent Education, All4Ed.
All4Ed today announced their partnership in the NewDeal for Education with a network of partners including HP, Gates, Markle, Jobs for the Future, Aspen Institute, Joyce Foundation, Third Way,  Center for American Progress, and “180 carefully-selected state and local officials below the level of Governor, from 47 states”.  What’s this NewDeal about?  Well, read it for yourself, but we see:  School-to-Work pipeline, Workforce pathways, Workforce databadges,  Social Impact Investment and shifting education from children learning knowledge to children being trained to fill the economic needs of a global workforce.  It echoes Betsy DeVos and the Swiss workforce model that she signed us up for.  You should ask your state and local officials what the NewDeal means for your school.
Here’s an excerpt from the November 22, 2019 NewDeal for Education announcement.
“On Thursday, the NewDEAL Forum and All4Ed launched a joint effort to develop and implement a state and local policy agenda to prepare students for college and careers. The NewDEAL Forum Education Policy Group will leverage the expertise of public and non-profit leaders to identify effective solutions to graduate more students on-track for success in the workplace. The NewDEAL is a network of 181 pro-growth, progressive state and local officeholders below the level of the Governor in 47 states. The NewDEAL Forum supports these rising leaders by  CONTINUE READING: The NewDeal for Education: Familiar Common Core and Data Driven Reformers Shifting Education to a Workforce Pipeline. – Missouri Education Watchdog