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Tag Archives: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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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Where in all of this testing is a benefit for students?
Dear Bill and Melinda, Below, one of our readers responds to our blog post “My name is Andrea Rediske, and I am Ethan Rediske’s mother. Please Pass #EthansAct! #EyesOnDOE“ “The tests given to our children claim to be criterion referenced meaning … Continue reading
Posted in Ethan's Act, High Stakes Testing
Tagged #EthansAct, #EyeOnDOE, Bill Gates, Bill Gates Advice, Diane Ravitch, Ethan Rediske, Ethan's Act, High Stakes Testing, Lloyd Lofthouse, Melinda Gates, NCLB, No Child Left Behind, Opt Out, Opt Out Orlando, Pearson Test Profits, Race to the Top, Reign of Error, RttT, Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Tins Hayley, United Opt Out
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Do Bill and Melinda Gates have the right to affect our childrens’ lives for an eternity?
Dear Bill and Melinda, You and Melinda went to school. You have kids in school. You, Bill — are an expert at developing a software company, despite having never graduated from college. Melinda, you are an expert at business, per your … Continue reading
Posted in Profession of Teaching, Teachers
Tagged A seat at the education policy table, A teacher affects eternity, Arne Duncan, Bill Gates, Common Core, Common Core Myths, Experts, Henry Brooks Adams, HIghly Qualified, highly qualified status, Melinda Gates, Myths of Common Core, Parenting the Core, Profession of Teaching, Professionalism, Sarah Blaine, Students, teachers, teaching, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The Teachers
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It’s My Anniversary, But I Won’t Stop Fighting Your Reforms Until the Sun Sets on Your #ReignOfError
Dear Bill and Melinda, It’s my 20th wedding anniversary today, but on a day when I ought to be celebrating — just like every day — I found myself talking to my husband about the damages of your corporate reforms. … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Education Reform, Democracy, Diane Ravitch, Reign of Error, Resistance
Tagged Anniversary, Bill and Melinda Gates, Bill Gates, Cause of Death - Teaching, Children, Communities, Corporate Education Reform, Corporate Reform, Day to Day life, Declaration of Independence, Democracy, Diane Ravitch, Divorce, Dreams, Education Week, ExasperatedEducator, Futures, Gates Foundation, Health, Henry A. Giroux, Henry Giroux, High Blood Pressure, Hopes, Liberty, Life, Lives, Marriage, Melinda Gates, Psychiatric Health, Pursuit of Happiness, Reign of Error, Resistance, Seattle, Seattle Town Hall, Students, teachers, teaching, Teaching Profession, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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Won’t Someone Please Think of the Children?
Dear Mr. & Mrs. Gates, The next time you wanted to fund a huge EXPERIMENT in America, perhaps you should consult the PARENTS of the 50 million children! And don’t ever think you will get away with stealing a decade … Continue reading
Posted in Badass Teachers Association, Common Core State Standards, Democracy
Tagged Badass Teachers Association, Bill and Melinda Gates, Bill Gates, Children, Common Core National Standards, Common Core State Standards, Democracy, Education Experiment, Experimenting with Children, Experiments, Kelly A. Braun, Mammon and Morals, Ohio, Parents, Profit, Propaganda, Public Schools, Republic Democracy, Students, Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Un-Americanism
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Mr. Gates, Don’t Wait a Decade. You Are Wrong.
Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog:
A letter from a teacher: At the classroom level, every day matters, as experienced teachers reach out and teach not only academic content, but also social skills, problem-solving skills, coping skills…the list is…
How to Create a Negative School Climate 101
Dear Mr. Gates and Mr. Duncan, I thought I had better get this to you now while it is still on my mind. At the end of the last school year, I was informed that I would be teaching 7th … Continue reading
Posted in Teacher Evaluations, Value Added Measures, VAM, War on Teachers
Tagged Arne Duncan, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Corporate Education Reform, Melinda Gates, NCLB, Secretary Arne Duncan, Teacher Evaluations, Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Value Added Measures, VAM, War on Teachers
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Formal Open Invitation for an Interview and Attendance to Diane Ravitch’s Seattle Book Tour Event
Dear Bill and Melinda, I am writing Re: A formal invitation to listen to Diane Ravitch speak about her new book and to invite you to join me for an interview about Diane’s new book, Reign of Error: The Hoax of … Continue reading
Posted in Diane Ravitch, Invitation to Interview, Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools
Tagged Bill and Melinda Gates, Bill Gates, Diane Ravitch, Hoax of Corporate Education Reform, Hoax of Privatization, Invitation to Interview, Kane Hall, Melinda Gates, Reign of Error, Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools, Seattle Book Tour, September 26th 2013, Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, University of Washington
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“What is the ranking of my child?”
Dear Bill and Melinda, “What is the ranking of my child?” This is a pretty common question that teachers get at parent-teacher conferences. It seems like a simple question that would result in a simple answer or number. And herein … Continue reading
Posted in End High Stakes Testing, Ranking Students
Tagged accountability, Assessment, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Common Core, Common Core State Standards, Corporate Reform, End High Stakes Testing, High Stakes Testing, NCLB, Race to the Top, Ranking Students, Students, teachers, Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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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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Teachers' Letters to Bill Gates 