Chalk Beat – Matt Barnum
“The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has a new plan intended to help public schools: improve the materials that teachers use to teach. “Our goal is to work with the field to make sure that five years from now, teachers at every level in secondary school have high-quality aligned curriculum in English, math, and science,” Bill Gates said in a speech last fall, describing curriculum as “an area where we feel like we’ve underinvested.” It’s part of a revamped strategy for the philanthropy, which has become one of the most influential forces in American education over the last two decades.” (more)