Why is Bill Gates funding the destruction of the US Education system?
Where in the hell is Betsy DeVos? She seems to have a touch of the Jeff Sessions.
This was a big Trump campaign promise I naively thought would be a slam dunk.
Article is a few weeks old, but topic still relevant.
I read Bill Gates’s book in the 80’s. It was about future technology. I was nonplussed about it.
30 years later I recognize Bill Gates is only rich because of his Ruthless business practices. I.E stealing from others.
He’s not a genius and has never proven himself smart imho
The Finnish system will never get started here until we get rid of the teacher’s union and the so called Education Degree. Requiring all public school teachers to have masters degrees in the subjects they teach and measuring the competence of teachers will never happen as long as the NEA and the other teachers unions are still running the education of our kids.
A quick Bill Gates education story.
Maybe 10 years ago the Gates Foundation decided to set aside scholarship money for high school students who were going to major in a science in college.
I saw the application packet. Not every such student was eligible. You had to be a member of one of the listed ethnic groups. And, boy, was that list long! Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Eskimo, Persian, Native American, Hmong, etc., etc.
Then I noticed something odd. One category was missing. European.
Well, it's not entirely true that it's a failure.
It's narrowed the gap between rich and poor and black and white by bringing everyone down to the lowest common denominator.
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The United States (Once upon a time) had a school system that worked.
Millions of students whose parent spoke only a foreign languagelearned, totally without technology but from a real live TEACHER. They learned all aspect of Math, the English language, American, then world history. 40 kids in a class learned and knew geography, writing, and the sciences of the day.
School systems such as New York City and other large cities went on to win World Wars, then build the greatest nation in history. The built the aviation industry and put man into space.
I’d keep the “Modern” subjects but return the Education to the standards and methods of 1925. THEN the students received an education.
I thought diversity was good. Why should every district teach the same?
I dismiss every cross country comparison for one reason. Some countries, such as Japan, do not require every student to go to High School. Instead some students go to trade schools or apprenticeships.
The numbers for the non-traditional high school students are not included in any of the calculations for comparisons. Therefore, such comparisons are non-equivalent.
We had the best education system in the world at one point - why can’t we return to the methods we used then?
wait...Clippy was great. Bob sucked.
Well, I miss Clippy. And that little dog, too.
There is something to be said about the “Bell Curve”.
The distribution of intelligence among our population and the increasing desire by Progressives to force an equal outcome.
You/they can’t change a persons IQ. Progressives are attempting to treat intelligence as “relative”, just as they have done with Culture, Race, Morals and Gender.
This is becoming the next battle ground for the Neo-Marxist and their efforts to divide and conquer.
Gates’ biggest failure was Vista: spent $10 billion-plus, but less useful than a set of coasters.