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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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My name is Andrea Rediske, and I am Ethan Rediske’s mother. Please Pass #EthansAct! #EyesOnDOE
Dear Bill and Melinda, A national wave of empathy and outrage was created when the state of Florida demanded a child named Ethan Rediske take the FCAT high stakes test. Despite the fact that Ethan was on his deathbed at … Continue reading
Posted in Andrea Pratt Rediske, Ethan Rediske, High Stakes Testing, Special Education
Tagged Andrea Pratt Rediske, Bill Gates, Common Core, Department of Education, Disabilities, Ethan Rediske, FCAT, Florida DOE, Florida FCAT, High Stakes Testing, IDEA, Melinda Gates, Opt Out Orlando, Special Education, Standardized Testing, Students
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“What sober person gives standardized tests to a kindergartner? Ever meet a 5-year-old?” – Part 3
Dear Bill and Melinda, Our last post covered how corporate reform has increased the amount of testing of 5 year olds in my classroom. In this final post in a series of three parts, I hope to convey what that … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core, Kindergarten
Tagged American Educational Research Journal, Beverly Falk, Bill Gates, Carmen R. Andrews, Department of Early Learning, Education Week, Holly Yettick, Kindergarten, Melinda Gates, Opportunity Gap, Opt Out, OSPI, Pearson, Pearson profits, Peggy Robertson, Poverty, Race to the Top, RttT, Seat at the education policy table, Standardized Testing, Stephen Krashen, Teaching Strategies Gold Assessment Tool, The Oregonian, TSGAT, United Opt Out, Washington State, What sober person givesa standardized test to a kindergartner?
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“What sober person gives standardized tests to a kindergartner? Ever meet a 5-year-old?” – Part 2
Dear Bill and Melinda, I wrote “What sober person gives standardized tests to a kindergartner? Ever meet a 5-year-old?” – Part 1 to give parents of five year olds the beginning of some insight into what is happening because of … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core, Kindergarten Testing
Tagged Alfie Kohn, Bill Gates, Common Core State Standards, Corporate Reform, Cost of High Stakes Testing, DIBELS, Gates Foundation, Gates Foundation Grants, High Stakes Testing, IEP, Individualized Education Plan, Kindergarten Testing, Melinda Gates, OSPI, Parents, Pearson, Poverty, Richard Allington, Rupert Murdoch, Special Education, special needs, Standardized Testing, Stephen Krashen, Students, WELPA
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US Department of Pearson: Thinking the unthinkable: Why Bill Gates and Arne Duncan need to go
Dear Bill and Arne, We’ve written a story that is unthinkable. Or is it? We discovered you and Steve may be bowing out of Microsoft entirely, but will you and Arne bow out of the DOE too? Who will replace … Continue reading
Posted in Arne Duncan, Bill Gates, Department of Education, Microsoft, Pearson
Tagged 1%, Arne Duncan, Bill Gates, Billionaires, Common Core, Common Core State Standards, Corporate Education Reform, Department of Education, Diane Ravitch, DOE, Head Start, High Stakes Testing, inBloom, inBloom Edu, John Fallon, Market Based Reforms, Microsoft, Pearson, Pearson CEO, Poverty, Privatization, Reign of Error, Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools - Diane Ravitch, Standardized Testing, Steve Ballmer, Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates, Test Corporation, US Department of Education
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Here’s an idea, what if every school adopted a dual career and college readiness mandate?
Dear Bill, The Common Core’s emphasis on independent mastery of complex informational text puts weaker and learning disabled readers at a severe disadvantage. The Common Core also presumes that the information our students will need to analyze and interpret in … Continue reading
Posted in College and Career Ready, Common Core, Common Core High Stakes Testing, Common Core State Standards
Tagged Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, CCSS, College and Career Ready, Common Core, Common Core State Standards, Common Core Testing, Corporate Education Reform, ELA, End High Stakes Testing, Gates House of Cards, Gates House of Cards Action, High Stakes Testing, NCLB, PARCC, RttT, SBAC, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortia, Social Emotional Development, Standardized Testing, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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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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Mr. Gates, it is your legacy: Do you really want to be remembered for being the grinch that stole education?
Dear Mr. Gates, The fact that you’re attempting to increase your wealth by injecting yourself and your associates into the public education system is morally reprehensible. Public education needs to reflect the values of the masses. Any one person having … Continue reading
Posted in End High Stakes Testing
Tagged Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Billionaires, Corporate Education Reform, End High Stakes Testing, Gates Ed, Gates Foundation, NCLB, Race to the Top, Standardized Testing, standardized tests, Students, Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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I have seen from both sides of the schoolhouse door how the absolute obsession with standardized testing has affected our children.
Dear Bill and Melinda, I have been a teacher for 25 years. I am also the parent of two daughters, ages 18 and 29. I have seen from both sides of the schoolhouse door how the absolute obsession with standardized … Continue reading
Posted in End High Stakes Testing, High Stakes Testing
Tagged Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Billionaires, Corporate Education Reform, End High Stakes Testing, Gates House of Cards, Gates House of Cards Action, High Stakes Testing, NCLB, Race to the Top, RttT, Standardized Testing, standardized tests, Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates, testing, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates 