Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Jersey Jazzman: Why Is Bill Gates Allowed To Make Policy?

Jersey Jazzman: Why Is Bill Gates Allowed To Make Policy?:


Why Is Bill Gates Allowed To Make Policy?

I just finished reading Anthony Cody's brilliant rejoinder to the Gates Foundation over their support of market-driven education policy. Read the whole thing - it's well worth your time. I'd just add one thought to what Cody says here:
The Gates Foundation funds a tremendous amount of activity in the education sector, and I am not suggesting that every project, or every person who takes funding from the Gates Foundation is a partisan in this campaign. The Gates Foundation has funded many organizations that have done good work - but to be clear, there is no real "balance" here. Even though the Gates Foundation occasionally gives grants to the teacher unions, it is to