Great article that shows how Bill Gates is forcing schools (follow the money) to use the same failed practices that have destroyed innovation at Microsoft.
Education is a collaborative venture; a culture of competition is poison in the teaching/learning dynamic. Labeling, sorting, and ranking teachers and students is inexcusable in any form as long as we are genuinely committed to fostering a culture of collaboration necessary for learning.
The Cannibalistic Culture has created the winners who call for expanding that game. The Cannibalistic Culture benefits only the winners as it forces the status of loser upon most people regardless—again consider the stack ranking at Microsoft.
Students living in poverty will continue to be left behind and many talented teachers will be forced out of their profession.
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