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2020 Medley #10: Thoughts on Reimagining Public Schools | Live Long and Prosper

2020 Medley #10: Thoughts on Reimagining Public Schools | Live Long and Prosper


2020 Medley #10: Thoughts on Reimagining Public Schools
Thoughts on Reimagining Public Schools
GOV. CUOMO CALLS ON BILLIONAIRES
When it’s time to fix society’s problems — with established ideas or innovations — politicians call on billionaires even if they have no training or experience in the area needing help: economics, education, government, whatever.
Andrew Cuomo has handled the coronavirus pandemic in his state of New York with what many people believe to be high-quality governance. He’s helped his state through the toughest parts of the pandemic with poise and confidence. Now it’s time to plan for the future…so what does he do? He calls on billionaires.
One of the billionaires is Bill Gates. Cuomo has asked Gates to help develop a “smarter education system.” This directive assumes that Gates and his foundation have the ability to create such a system. Unfortunately, Gates’s ideas for school reform haven’t worked in the past, and there’s no indication that they will work on the other side of the pandemic. Gates has no experience in public CONTINUE READING: 2020 Medley #10: Thoughts on Reimagining Public Schools | Live Long and Prosper