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Backlash for Gates Foundation's Education Plans

posted by mattie_p on Tuesday February 18 2014, @05:27PM   
from the corporate-sponsorship dept.

jcd writes:

"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."

• Re:Once upon a time... Re:Once upon a time... (Score: 4, Interesting) by jelizondo on Tuesday February 18 2014, @11:44PM

  by jelizondo (653) on Tuesday February 18 2014, @11:44PM (#2130)

  Let me tell you about desirable jobs just next door, i.e., in Mexico

  For example. in order to be hired as a front desk clerk at a hotel in a resort city, you need to speak, at least passably English, and have a degree (in hotel management, business administration, etc.) in order to earn 8 to 10 thousand pesos a month. Consider that a small apartment (750 sq ft) will set you back 4 to 5 thousand pesos and you can imagine how great that salary is. But without the degree and the second language, you can't aspire to the job.

  Want to be a teller in a supermarket? A High-school dimloma will get you hired and let you earn 5 to 6 thousand pesos a month; not enough to pay rent for a half-decent apartment.

  On a higher order, with the recent law changes, in order to get a job as a judge, you are now required to have at least a masters' and preferably, a Ph.D. in law.

  Is this progress? Next thing you know it will take a degree to get a job flipping burgers...

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• Re:Once upon a time... unit conversions (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 19 2014, @11:48AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 19 2014, @11:48AM (#2539)

  1 peso = 0,05 euro
  750 sq ft = 70 sq meter

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