Vermont surrenders education policy to Bill Gates

Forget that cliché that Vermonters are independent, resourceful, and people who value the consensus of town meetings. Like the lemmings in other states, Vermonters just let Bill Gates take charge of education policy and practice in our state. With barely a whimper.

This radical deformation of Vermont education policy, which will change the education of every child in the state, has rated barely a notice in the press, with nobody pointing out that, as of August 17, 2010, the Common Core standards paid for and promoted by Bill Gates are a done deal — with no public discussion.

This is in sharp contrast to what happened in 1968, when the State Department of Education issued a remarkable document, The Vermont Design for Education, which called on Vermont values and strengths in setting the course of education of Vermont children....Then, every town in Vermont was asked to hold meetings and talk about how they wanted their children educated. They wrote local plans.

Now the Board of Education is saying, "Just do what Bill Gates wants." Money carries a big stick.

http://www.substancenews.net/articles.php?page=1641§ion=Article

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there are news reports in the papers here about how school districts aren't meeting standards...Montana public schools have NOTHING to be ashamed about when it comes to educating their kids.
This march to privatization needs to be STOPPED.