The head of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has admitted in the organization’s annual letter that the roll-out of Common Core, which it heavily promoted, has been bungled in a way that created major difficulties.
Sue Desmond-Hellman is the CEO of the Gates Foundation and wrote the organization’s annual letter, published Monday. The letter touches upon a wide array of the massive foundation’s activities, from anti-smoking efforts to a campaign against sleeping sickness in Africa, but one area that receives significant attention is Common Core. The Gates Foundation played a major role in the creation of Common Core several years ago, donating tens of millions of dollars both to finance the creation of the standards and to promote their adoption across the United States.
Now, over half a decade later, Common Core remains in place across most of the country, but in a beleaguered position. Repeal efforts continue around the country, and states like New York are still seeing major boycotts of Common Core-aligned standardized tests.
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