*From Jimmy Han:* *This writer is clueless about Bill Gates’s other crimes and conniving plans (dismissing his plan to use a “tattoo-like mechanism” * *as “conspiracy theory”), but at least he recognizes what Gates wants to do to New York education. There’s some good content * *in this article re: Gates' failure in education.*
EDITORS' PICK <https://www.forbes.com/editors-picks>|14,234 views|May 8, 2020,04:04pm EDT Why Bill Gates Is Not The Man To Reimagine New York Education https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2020/05/08/why-bill-gates-is-not-the-man-to-reimagine-new-york-education/#4ff33e3d79cc [image: Peter Greene] <https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/> Peter Greene <https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/>Senior Contributor Education <https://www.forbes.com/education> I look at K-12 policies and practices from the classroom perspective. - - - [image: Bill Gates Delivers A Speech At The Fundraising Day At The Sixth World Fund Conference In Lyon] Bill Gates delivers a speech at the fundraising day at the Sixth World Fund Conference in Lyon, ... [+] NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES It literally took less than an hour for the pushback to start <https://dianeravitch.net/2020/05/05/new-york-parent-groups-denounce-cuomo-outreach-to-gates/>. Governor Andrew Cuomo dismissively questioned why school buildings even exist these days, and announced that he was enlisting Bill Gates <https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/05/06/cuomo-questions-why-school-buildings-still-exist-says-new-york-will-work-with-bill-gates-reimagine-education/> to help reimagine education in the Empire State. From a dozen different corners <https://www.businessinsider.com/cuomo-backlash-billionaires-bill-gates-eric-schmidt-rebuild-new-york-2020-5>, the *objections* <https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2020/05/06/cuomo-faces-backlash-for-enlisting-billionaires-eric-schmidt-and-bill-gates-to-reimagine-ny-after-reopening/#26912f885592> * came.* One day later, Cuomo’s Facebook page attempted to soften <https://www.facebook.com/GovernorAndrewCuomo/posts/3248949351802922> the announcement. “Teachers are heroes & nothing could ever replace in-person learning,” the post began, before assuring readers that the reimagining would be done “in full partnership with educators and administrators.” That does not appear to have calmed anybody’s fears. So what’s the concern? Bill Gates gets blamed for plenty of crazy things. One pandemic conspiracy theory is that he has engineered all of this so that he can implant brain chips <https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumpists-believe-bill-gates-is-using-coronavirus-to-implant-brain-chips> (and if that’s not enough for you, this chips will supposedly include the mark of the beast <https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/microsoft-own-patent-666/>). *[Haw, haw! But let's move on— MCM]* But the Gates track record in education deserves more careful scrutiny. For people who haven’t paid close attention, it may seem a simple matter—a very rich guy wanted to give money to help with education. What could be wrong with that? The Gates Foundation has undertaken several projects in education. They have not gone well, and while Gates has always had the ability to walk away from these projects unscathed, not everyone has been so lucky. *Click on the link for the rest.* -- If you appreciate News From Underground, please consider making a donation — either a one-time gift or a monthly subscription: http://markcrispinmiller.com/support/ Thank you for your support. Ways to unsubscribe: 1) send a blank email to [email protected] PLEASE NOTE: you must unsubscribe using the SAME email with which you subscribed 2) go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "News From Underground" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/newsfromunderground/CAGxB6W9i9sVVz2j2bsOjbTCMMAf1ohhQ8njBk7WZpeDLMNKLOQ%40mail.gmail.com.
