Bill Gates has just announced a new $1.7 billion initiative for schools.
One good element is that his foundation will no longer fund teacher evaluation efforts. As for what everything else looks like – the devil will be in the details.
You can read more about it at:
Bill Gates has a(nother) plan for K-12 public education. The others didn’t go so well. from Valerie Strauss at The Washington Post
Gates Foundation Announces New $1.7B for K-12 is from Education Week.
Here are some of my previous posts about his past efforts:
Videotaping teachers the right way (not the Gates way) (which I still think is the the best piece I’ve ever written)
The Best Posts Responding To Bill Gates’ Appallingly Clueless Op-Ed Piece
The Best Posts On The Gates’ Funded Measures Of Effective Teaching Report
A Beginning List Of The Best Posts On Gates’ Final MET “Effective Teaching” Report
Gates Foundation Minimizing Great Tools For Helping Teachers Improve Their Craft
L.A. Times Editorial Tears Into Gates Foundation
Quote Of The Day: Gates Official Says They Game Their Research (No Surprise, But Still Not Good)
Why a new Bill Gates interview depressed Larry Ferlazzo. appeared in The Washington Post.
One Of The Worst Tweets I Read This Week Came From The Gates Foundation
Will It Ever Be Possible For A Teacher To Trust Bill Gates?
Gates Foundation Discovers It’s Important To Listen To Teachers — Better Late Than Never
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