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How Gates Foundation's push for 'high-quality' curriculum will stifle teaching

  • Written by Nicholas Tampio, Associate Professor of Political Science, Fordham University
How Gates Foundation's push for 'high-quality' curriculum will stifle teachingA new grant from the Gates Foundation to promote 'high-quality' curriculum comes with strings that could constrain teachers.Kues/www.shutterstock.com

For much of American history, local school districts had a large amount of discretion over what they taught and how.

In my book on the Common Core, I show how the national education standards in...

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