Astro Turf Organizations, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundaton, Bill Gates, Blended learning, Common Core Standards, Department of Education (DOE), ESEA, ESSA, personalized learning, Reauthorization of the Federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Reauthorization of the Federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), US Department of Education (USDOE), WEA

Passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) – $8 Million from the Gates Foundation and the Myth of Local Control

November 27, 2016 — 7 Comments

Astro Turf Organizations, Cashing in on ed reform, Corporate education reform, digital badges, Ed Tech, Extended/Expanded Learning Opportunities (ELOs), HIVE learning networks, Knowledgeworks, LRNG city, personalized learning, Privatization of schools, Strive Together, The Afterschool Corporation (TASC)

ELO’s: How Community-Based Learning Advances the Cyber Education Agenda, Part 1

November 27, 2016 — 2 Comments

Astro Turf Organizations, Candidates, Cashing in on ed reform, Charter school bill, Charter schools, Corporate education reform, Democrats for Education Reform (DFER), Education Reform, Follow the Money, Green Dot, Green Dot charter schools, League of Education Voters, National Council on Teaching Quality, Stand for Children, Teach for America

Following the charter school cash in the Washington State Primary: The latest money scheme

August 20, 2016 — 15 Comments

Astro Turf Organizations, Bill Gates, Bill Gates / Gates Foundation, Cashing in on ed reform, Charter schools, Education Reform, edushysters, Follow the Money, Green Dot charter schools, KIPP charter schools, League of Education Voters, New School Venture Fund, Privatization of schools, Puget Sound Educational Service District, Rocketship, Stand for Children

Bill Gates has spent $440M to push charter schools: Here is the list of recipients

September 7, 2015 — 24 Comments

Astro Turf Organizations, Bill Gates / Gates Foundation, Broad Foundation: The "Underground Department of Education", Education Reform, Education Reform and Race

The Big Picture: Privatizing Education, Part 2

May 26, 2011 — 3 Comments

Alliance for Education, Astro Turf Organizations, Bill Gates / Gates Foundation, Charter schools, Education Reform, Follow the Money, High Stakes Testing, Merit Pay/Performance Pay, Seattle, Teachers and Teaching, Testing

Strategies 360/DMA Marketing Caught Red Handed in Tacoma

May 8, 2011 — 3 Comments

Astro Turf Organizations, Merit Pay/Performance Pay, Teachers and Teaching, Unions

Heads up, Tacoma teachers! Don’t be fooled by the “Vibrant Schools Tacoma Coalition”

May 6, 2011 — 4 Comments

Alliance for Education, Astro Turf Organizations, Scandal, Teachers and Teaching

Seattle School District hires staffer from Strategies 360 – the political marketing firm that misused private student contact info to push ed reform agenda

March 25, 2011 — 4 Comments

Astro Turf Organizations, Education Reform, Follow the Money

How to create a faux grassroots ed reform organization!

December 17, 2010 — 5 Comments

Alliance for Education, Astro Turf Organizations, Bill Gates / Gates Foundation, Broad Foundation: The "Underground Department of Education", Charter schools, Education Reform, High Stakes Testing, Merit Pay/Performance Pay, Seattle

Last Night’s Board Meeting

August 19, 2010 — 8 Comments