Is B&MG Foundation Admitting They Don't Know Everything?
Update: I'm just going to piggyback on Michael's story which needs some sussing out for full impact (but I'm glad he got to it; I'm behind.) Here's the letter that the Gates Foundation's CEO, Sue Desmond-Hellman wrote earlier this month. Buried in there are some real gems about public education (couched of course in nuanced language.) The lead paragraph: From the beginning, Bill and Melinda wanted their foundation to be a learning organization; one that evolves and course corrects based on evidence. We want to get continually smarter. One of our greatest areas of learning has been our work in K-12 U.S. education. I actually laughed out loud. Well, the Gates Foundation may have "learned" something but it has taken them millions to do so and that "evidence" is more experience in failure. As well, they were using other people's children and schools as their guinea pigs. However, all this learning never seemed to get them ...