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Pearson settlement on common core #177202 12/13/13 02:24 PM
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OP master of none Member M Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,946	http://www.washingtonpost.com/local...1-e1dab1360323_story.html?wpisrc=nl_buzz Basically, they used the nonprofit foundation funds as a charity to develop curriculum for their profit arm to sell.

Re: Pearson settlement on common core master of none #177203 12/13/13 02:28 PM
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Val Member Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,299 Likes: 2 California	Quote According to the settlement, Pearson used its nonprofit foundation to develop Common Core products in order to win an endorsement from a �prominent foundation.� The latter entity is the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which helped fund the creation of the Common Core standards and announced in 2011 that it would work with the Pearson Foundation to create reading and math courses aligned with the new standards. Four of those courses would be offered to the public free of charge, it said. Not exactly a moment of great pride for the Gates Foundation.

Re: Pearson settlement on common core Val #177207 12/13/13 02:55 PM
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22B Member 2 Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 1,228	Originally Posted by Val Not exactly a moment of great pride for the Gates Foundation. Bill Gates seems to have more money that sense these days. He also put a few million dollars into a scam website called "researchgate" which is best known for bombarding academics with spam/scam emails.

Re: Pearson settlement on common core master of none #177211 12/13/13 03:53 PM
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indigo Member I Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 5,288 Likes: 14	Thank you for sharing this article. Here is another of today's articles from the Washington Post; This one discusses Five myths about the Common Core: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...2-5c40-11e3-be07-006c776266ed_story.html Removing the myths and paraphrasing what remains... 1) The adoption of CC is highly financially incentivized. 2) Opposition is from political right, left, and middle. 3) New CC assessments will not necessarily be more rigorous than current tests. 4) Students can still learn Shakespeare if teachers keep to a ratio of 70% non-fiction to 30% fiction. 5) New CC assessments will not necessarily save taxpayers money.

Re: Pearson settlement on common core master of none #177213 12/13/13 05:22 PM
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HowlerKarma Member Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 5,181	Originally Posted by master of none http://www.washingtonpost.com/local...1-e1dab1360323_story.html?wpisrc=nl_buzz Basically, they used the nonprofit foundation funds as a charity to develop curriculum for their profit arm to sell. I'm just... SHOCKED. Shocked, I tell ya. Schr�dinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.

Re: Pearson settlement on common core HowlerKarma #177218 12/13/13 07:56 PM
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KADmom Member K Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 690	Originally Posted by HowlerKarma Originally Posted by master of none http://www.washingtonpost.com/local...1-e1dab1360323_story.html?wpisrc=nl_buzz Basically, they used the nonprofit foundation funds as a charity to develop curriculum for their profit arm to sell. I'm just... SHOCKED. Shocked, I tell ya. Ha!

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