[pkeane]

This five-part exchange between a public education advocate and a member of the Gates Foundation team working on education was eye opening.

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/living-in-dialogue/2012/07/...

The Gates Foundation work is and will likely continue to be disastrous for public education in the U.S. It is simply an attempt to push education into the private sector.

[hexonexxon]

He's pushing for same review system MS uses to be implemented into public schools in order to increase their school rankings, which is apparently riddled with corruption and ineffective according to ex employees like this guy: http://www.qbrundage.com/michaelb/pubs/essays/working_at_mic...

"Microsoft's review system, in which a mid-level manager has significant control over all the review scores within a 100+ person group (so it's in your best interest to get on his/her good side), and conversely needs only a fraction of that group's total support to succeed as a manager (so it's in his/her best interest to cultivate a loyal fanclub to provide that support). The cult gives the manager the appearance of broad support, and makes the few people who speak out against him/her look like sour grapes unrepresentative of a larger majority. After a string of successes, the manager is nearly invincible."