Mr. and Mrs. Gates
Update; these are some choice comments made by the Gates as reported in the Washington Post today. Gates on Common Core: “The early days almost went too well for us,” Gates said. “There was adoption, everything seemed to be on track. ...We didn’t realize the issue would be confounded with what is the appropriate role of the federal and state government, we didn’t think it would be confounded with questions about are there too many tests, confounded with if you’re raising the bar, what is the right set of things to help teachers be ready for that? Mrs Gates on testing: “In a few states, they went too quickly, rolling out the standards and the assessments went too fast and parents rightfully said, ‘Oh my gosh, a new test,’ ” Melinda Gates said. OH, blame it on the states. You'll note there is no admission that they might have been wrong. Not one single word. End of update.