"The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the primary backer for the inBloom educational grading and service (which also acts as a platform for third-party applications), is catching flak for its role in encouraging the outsourcing of US Education. The article (cited by RMS today) argues that though the Common Core is a scary new concept that takes power away from state and local school governance, the real danger is allowing corporate enterprises to have so much control over our classrooms. The Washington Post also reports a case where Pearson included corporate logos and promotional materials inside its test booklets."
(Score: 4, Interesting) by andrew on Tuesday February 18 2014, @06:31PM
This brings to mind Target Corporation's school library renovations. 100% marketing and advertising under the guise of philanthropy. Target gets their logo up in a place where impressionable young minds will see it everyday in an attempt to turn them into a lifetime customer.