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We, the undersigned, demand the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation divest from corporate education reform.
We, the undersigned, demand the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation divest from corporate education reform. Dear Bill and Melinda, Prestigious academics from around the world collaborated to write a letter to Dr. Andreas Schleicher, director of the Organization for Economic … Continue reading
Posted in Demand to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Divest from Corporate Education Reform
Tagged Alfie Kohn, Badass Teachers Association, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Billionaires, billions of dreams not billionaires' dreams, Carol Burris, Corporate Education Reform, David Berliner, Diane Ravitch, Edreform, Educating Gates Foundation Rally, Educating Gates Rally, Henry Giroux, High Stakes Testing, Mark Naison, Melinda Gates, Noam Chomsky, OECD, Organization for Economic and Cooperation Development, PISA, PISA Test, Standardized Testing, Stephen Krashen, Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates, venture philanthropists, venture philanthropy, Washington Badass Teachers Association, Yong Zhao
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Common Core Tests: Educational Malpractice for Students with Special Needs
Dear Mr. and Mrs Gates: This is what is gong on in every county across the country as students with disabilities are forced to take tests they are not yet ready for and have not learned the content: In about … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core High Stakes Testing, Educational Malpractice, Special Education, Special needs
Tagged Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, CCSS, CCSS Testing, Common Core, Common Core State Tests, Corporate Education Reform, Edreform, education, Educational Malpractice, Gates Foundation, Malpractice, Melinda Gates, Special Education, special needs, teaching, testing
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WaBATS are Leading a Movement: #EducatingGates Foundation Rally – June 26th!
Dear Bill and Melinda, Katie and I would like to extend an invitation to both of you to join us at the Gates Foundation in a movement started by teachers and hosted by the Washington Badass Teachers Association on June … Continue reading
Posted in Educating the Gates Foundation Rally, Washington Badass Teachers Association
Tagged Anniversary, Anthony Cody, Bill Gates, Common Core, CORE Teachers, Corporate Education Reform, Edreform, Educating Gates, Educating Gates Foundation Rally, education, Irvin Scott, Linda Shaw, Louis C.K., Melinda Gates, Resistance, Seattle Times, Summer Reading List, Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, WA, WA BATs, Washington Badass Teachers Association
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Little Children Should Be Afraid of Monsters Like YOU EdReformers
Mr. & Mrs. Gates, Shame on you. I am sickened to know there are people breathing the same air as me – as my children – who are so callously ignorant and dismissive about another human being’s quality of life, … Continue reading
Posted in Billionaires, Edreform, Monsters of EdReform, War on Public Education
Tagged American Society, Billionaire Boys' Club, Billionaires, Corporate Education Reform, Democracy, Diane Ravitch, Edreform, education, Jill Conroy, Monsters, Monsters of Education Reform, Power, Privatization, Public Education, Public Institutions, Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools, Shame on Bill and Melinda Gates, Students, teachers, Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates, The Common Good, The Indignant Teacher
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Socrates’ Ghost: “As a teacher, see each child’s mind as a bottle that has traveled across the sea.”
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Gates, I am proud to be a teacher. I have taught middle school and high student students for 19 years. I have tutored all ages from early elementary through college. I have degrees in English, education, … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment, End High Stakes Testing, Measuring Effective Teaching, Teacher Evaluations
Tagged Assessment, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Charles Dickens, Corporate Education Reform, Curriculum, Edreform, education, End High Stakes Testing, Gates House of Cards, Gates House of Cards Action, High Stakes Testing, Learning, Middle School, Public Education, Socrates, Standardized Testing, Teacher Evaluations, Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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As for your opinion on the almighty test, I’m wondering, sir, why you feel that standardized testing will improve education?
“It may surprise you–it was certainly surprising to us–but the field of education doesn’t know very much at all about effective teaching.” ~ Bill Gates Dear Mr. Gates: Since you have never taught in a public school, I would love … Continue reading
Posted in End High Stakes Testing, Measuring Effective Teaching
Tagged Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Billionaires, Corporate Education Reform, Edreform, End High Stakes Testing, Gates House of Cards, Gates House of Cards Action, High Stakes Testing, Standardized Testing, Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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I cannot continue, in good conscience, to push these little ones to such stress levels that they do not WANT to come to school. — Teacher Who Quit
Dear Mr. Gates, I would like to believe that you have children’s best interests at heart, but I’m concerned that you are so high up in your ivory tower that you can’t hear what those of us who live under … Continue reading
Posted in End High Stakes Testing, Race to the Top, Teacher Resignations
Tagged Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Billionaires, Corporate Education Reform, Edreform, End High Stakes Testing, Gates Foundation, Gates House of Cards, High Stakes Testing, Poverty, Race to the Top, RttT, Teacher Resignations, Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates, testing, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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If implemented fully, the reforms you promote will have crippling effects on student learning, teacher quality, and public education in general.
Dear Bill and Melinda, I believe your involvement in the current educational “reform” movement began with good intentions. However, it seems to me that your educational philosophies, particularly your enthusiasm for the use of high-stakes testing, are dangerously misguided. If … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Education Reform, End High Stakes Testing, Standardized Testing
Tagged CCSS, Common Core State Standards, Common Core Tests, Corporate Education Reform, Edreform, End High Stakes Testing, Gates House of Cards, Gates House of Cards Action, High Stakes Testing, NCLB, PARCC, Public Education, Race to the Top, SBAC, Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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Open up a dialogue with people who are actually in the trenches daily–TEACHERS
To Bill and Melinda Gates: I would like to thank for your years of supporting education and schools around the world. But at this time, I do not think that you are supporting education in the United States with your … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core State Standards, Dialogue with Teachers, High Stakes Testing
Tagged Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Common Core, Common Core State Standards, Common Core Tests, Corporate Edreform, Corporate Education Reform, Dialogue with Teachers, Edreform, End High Stakes Testing, Gates House of Cards Action, Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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I’ve never been invited to the table to talk about assessment with policy makers.
Dear Mr. Gates, Our public schools are eroding because of the policies of corporate education reform. Who am I? I am a first grade teacher. This will be my twenty-fourth year in the classroom. I was fortunate to begin my … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Education Reform, End High Stakes Testing
Tagged Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Common Core, Common Core State Standards, Corporate Education Reform, Edreform, Education Policy, End High Stakes Testing, Gates House of Cards Action, NCLB, Race to the Top, Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates 