The educator and the oligarch : a teacher challenges the Gates foundation /
Anthony Cody.
- New York, NY : Garn P., 2014.
- 199 p. : charts, graphs.
Includes bibliographical references.
Part 1. The assault on public education by Bill Gates -- Part 2. Dialogue with the Gates Foundation -- Part 3. Gates' education dystopia -- Part 4. Accountability for Gates?
"From the Common Core to test-based teacher evaluation systems cropping up around the country, to the rapid expansion of semi-private charter schools, the Gates Foundation has had a huge, largely invisible influence on public education in 21st century America. Can a teacher challenge the wealthiest man in the world? Anthony Cody, who spent 24 years working in the high poverty schools of Oakland, California, has done so here. Education reform is the top domestic priority for the Gates Foundation, and this philanthropic organization has poured billions of dollars into reshaping American schools. This money has paid for research, advocacy, and a whole non-profit industry aligned with the Gates agenda. According to Cody, their chosen path of data-driven reform, centered on high stakes tests, educational technology and market-based competition between schools, threatens great harm to public education." -- Publisher's website.
9781942146001 (pbk.)
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Privatization in education --United States. Education --Curricula--Standards--United States. Education and state--United States. Business and education--United States.