It's simple... money

From the Gates Foundation:

Rethink education with data. The key word here: feedback. According to

PISA, two things differentiate U.S. education from other countries. The first: foreign students are in school for more hours. The second: American schools do very little to measure, invest in, and reward teacher excellence.

“The remarkable thing about great teachers today is that in most cases nobody taught them how to be great,” Gates writes. “They figured it out on their own.”

There’s nothing revolutionary here that Gates hasn’t described in detail before, but the elephant in the room is simple: money. Despite Gates’ immense personal wealth, the success of his philanthropic foundation rests in convincing other well-heeled donors that these causes are worth investing in — not just morally, but with a guarantee that additional funds will make a difference.

Will others buy in?

Posted via email from Don Peer