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Sunday, November 21, 2010

Schools Matter: Gates, Duncan, Friedman: Connecting the Dopes

Schools Matter: Gates, Duncan, Friedman: Connecting the Dopes

Gates, Duncan, Friedman: Connecting the Dopes

Kevin Lamarque/Reuters (I would call it "Invisible Strings")
As the corporate education deform ship tacks following the grounding of the Oligarchs in DC, it is clear already that their new lay line is bound to take the Billionaire Boys Club into shallow waters once more. The new strategy is based on using the current economic Depression to leverage the continued crushing of the teaching profession by paying all-powerful school CEOs a bundle and by further cutting teacher pay, while basing the remainder on test scores. Gates has some experience with this kind of management, even before the Bankster Revolution. From 2005:
Microsoft's compensation moves have created a haves-vs.-have-nots culture. Newbies work for