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Gates Drops a Bomb on His Education Reform

Bill Gates, who has spent billions on education reforms he and his people insist will make the difference in American education, although none of it has ever been field tested nor is there any proof it has worked anywhere, has just dropped a bomb on America!

 

In an interview at Harvard University, Gates said, “It would be great if our education stuff worked, but that we won’t know for probably a decade.”

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All of a sudden, it’s not clear if this will work?  That’s not the way it’s been marketed!  But that is what experienced teachers have been saying for a decade.  And what do we do, if it turns out experienced teachers were right and this "stuff" won't work?  Who gets the blame? 

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