Tag Archives: Bill Gates

Common Core Update: Seven Years Later, Failure Confirmed

Posted on June 7, 2019 by

What has seven years of Common Core done to our nation’s schools and students? A new report says it’s had “significantly negative effects.”   Continue reading →

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Gates Foundation Props Up Common Core Testing Consortia

Posted on January 3, 2018 by

The two testing consortia associated with Common Core are still alive in part thanks to new management and a huge grant from Common Core’s largest funder, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Continue reading →

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Did You Know Bill Gates Paid A Firm To Help Write NC’s Race To The Top grant?

Posted on March 20, 2016 by

Johnson should ask Dr. Atkinson why she allowed an out-of-state, multi-billion dollar consulting outfit which was “supported” by the Bill Gates Foundation to guide the writing of the NC Race To The Top application? Continue reading →

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#DM7 Article: Capitalist Bill Gates: Socialism Will Save Us!

Posted on November 8, 2015 by

This is a repost of my weekly Da Tech Guy Column:

Capitalist Bill Gates: Socialism Will Save Us! Continue reading →

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You can’t swing a dead cat these days without hitting a Bill Gates non-profit

Posted on August 23, 2015 by

You can’t swing a dead cat without hitting a Bill Gates non-profit…
…Or a former NC Department of Public Instruction (DPI) employee working for a Bill Gates backed non-profit. Continue reading →

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