Sentences with phrase «education idea gates»

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In focusing on individual school models and putting forth an open call for ideas — rather than insisting on a prescribed list of policy - related preferences — the initiative appeared to depart significantly from the kind of education grant making that has been practiced for the past 15 years by philanthropists such as the Gates, Walton, and Broad families.

Everyone, from President Barack Obama to U.S. Representative Paul Ryan to Bill Gates, seems to have an idea for improving the Federal Pell Grant Program for higher education.

And, as noted in the latest newsletter from UCLA's Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access (IDEA), the Gates Foundation and Obama administration haven't been the only enthusiasts for test - based teacher evaluations.

So, would a President Hillary Clinton follow the education ideas of Bill Gates?

The fact that the Gates Foundation fired its executive director for education and other ranking staff presented an object lesson to those charged with pushing its new set of ideas.

Related Links: Bill Gates» Big Idea to Fix U.S. Education: Bigger Classes (The Atlantic) Bill Gates — How Teacher Development Could Revolutionize our Schools (Washington Post) Bill Gates Talks About Teacher Pay, Class Size (The Washington Post)

His editorial set out to explain why «Common Core is among the most important education ideas in years» by dispelling what Gates saw as three myths about the standards: 1) that they weren't created in a public way, 2) that they would increase testing, and 3) that they would limit teacher flexibility.

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