Gates Advocates Hitting the Brakes on Consequences Associated with Common Core
From The Daily Signal, by Brittany Corona, 06/13/14 –
Even Bill Gates is starting to have second thoughts about the consequences associated with Common Core.
On Tuesday, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation— the second-largest financial backer of Common Core after the federal government— issued a letter calling for a two-year delay of the full implementation of Common Core, which is set to take effect this 2014-15 school year.
In the letter, Vicki Phillips, the director of education for the Gates Foundation, writes:
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