The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has spent billions of dollars on education reform projects it has conceded did not work as hoped. On Wednesday, he tapped another billionaire, former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt, to lead his new blue-ribbon commission to “reimagine” New York state. The foundation is also contributing our own insights from years of working with partners in New York state and across the country. — SL (@SLev218) May 5, 2020Education and student privacy activist Leonie Haimson cited the inBloom fiasco as one of the failed education initiatives from the Gates Foundation. Yet they spent part of their fortune trying to shape public education policy, successfully leveraging public funding to support projects they thought were worthwhile.

Source: Washington Post May 06, 2020 19:44 UTC