tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80596766822603646332024-02-11T00:52:16.480-08:00NO COMMON SENSE EDUCATIONSWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424680960321961156noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8059676682260364633.post-4272699601285095322016-02-03T11:18:00.001-08:002016-02-03T11:18:21.102-08:0010 Reasons Why Parents *Don’t* Opt Out<p dir="ltr">10 Reasons Why Parents *Don’t* Opt <u>Out</u></p>
<p dir="ltr"> 1. My kids don’t stress about the test.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Then do it for the kids that DO stress. Do it for special education kids. Do it for kids for whom English is not their first language. Do it for their teachers who are being unfairly graded on how kids from different poverty levels and backgrounds perform on 6 days out of the entire year. Do it to get rid of rote test prep. Do it so authentic learning can return to the classroom all year. Do it so science, creativity, and social studies can have a real presence in the classroom.</p>
<p dir="ltr"> 2. You can’t opt out of life/I want them to learn how to deal with stress.</p>
<p dir="ltr">We would be lucky if test anxiety was the most stressful thing that ever will happen in a child’s life. Sadly, it’s most likely not true. They will have plenty of other opportunities to manage stress and challenges. When you opt out, you are not teaching them to back away from a challenge. You are teaching them to stand up for change and fairness.</p>
<p dir="ltr">3. We took these same tests when we were young.</p>
<p dir="ltr">These are definitely not the same tests. We took developmentally appropriate tests, the results of which were given to both parents and teachers in a timely manner, showing strengths and areas for improvement. These current test results aren’t even given until your child is no longer in their class.</p>
<p dir="ltr">4. I don’t want to negatively affect their teacher.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Did you know that even if your child scores a high 4 one year and gets slightly lower 4 the following, it will show ‘no improvement’? A high 4 is a high 4! This is not an accurate measure of students or teachers. Teachers can’t come out and say it, but if your job depended on the performance of kids on a purposely confusing test grade levels above their skill, would you want them to take the test?</p>
<p dir="ltr">5. Their school will lose funds.</p>
<p dir="ltr">There is not wording that specifically states schools will lose funds, only that Title 1 money will be reallocated. Title 1 money is usually a small amount that is generally equal to the amount spent on test materials, test prep, and subs so teachers can grade exams. Additionally, there have been school districts on Long Island that have had high refusal numbers with no consequence.</p>
<p dir="ltr">6. I don’t want them to lose services/honors courses.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Teachers will use other methods to determine need or eligibility. Kids have refused and not been denied access to any of these.</p>
<p dir="ltr">7. I want them to learn to take tests. It’s good practice for the Regents/SATs/MCATs.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Let’s completely ignore the fact that there have been zero studies that show that testing 8 year olds at an 11 year old level results in higher SAT test scores. Didn’t we all manage to successfully take exams, get into college and become successful? Was there only one opportunity for us to learn these skills, or did we build upon them as we matured? If we’re going with that logic, should we let our kids start driving now to prepare for the driving test in 8 years?</p>
<p dir="ltr">8. I like to see how my kids are doing.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The teacher who sees them 180 days a year is able to tell you how they are doing. A test given 6 days out of the year with developmentally inappropriate material is not a good measure of what your child has learned. The results from this test aren’t received until fall of the following year, when your child is no longer in the class. The way it’s broken down and the secrecy of the test content doesn’t allow for information to be used in a constructive way in the classroom.</p>
<p dir="ltr">9. We need a tougher curriculum because we are lagging behind other countries.</p>
<p dir="ltr">No, we’re not. That information is taken from PISA scores. Other countries just use the data from their best and brightest students. USA uses all students. When adjusted for country size and poverty levels, USA ranks in the top. In fact, USA has remained in the same general area since PISA scores were recorded. Say we were falling behind. Do we really think that testing our kids at a developmentally inappropriate level will improve scores?</p>
<p dir="ltr">10. I’m Ok with all of this.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Please go to the following websites for more information</p>
<p dir="ltr">www.nysape.org</p>
<p dir="ltr">www.connetquotparentsforeducation.com</p>
<p dir="ltr">On Facebook: Long Island Opt Out </p>
<p dir="ltr">Connetquot Parents for Education</p>
<p dir="ltr">Sachem Community Alliance for Public Education</p>
<p dir="ltr">Lace to the Top and Stop Common Core on Long Island</p>
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Wednesday night a Facebook page called Education is a Journey not a Race posted pictures of the 4th grade NYS ELA assessments. Who runs the page or how they obtained the photos is unknown. Within just a few hours the post was shared 175 times. It's no big surprise that by this morning the Facebook page no longer exists. It is unknown whether the owner of the page, Facebook or another unknown source removed the page, that info remains a mystery. </div>
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Basically the response from The New York State Education Department (NYSED) was that there will be consequences because of the leaked tests. Those consequences are wasting additional taxpayer dollars and more class time on field tests to replace the exposed questions.</div>
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What's with all the secrecy around these state assessments? Does it really matter if people read the passages and questions? Perhaps The NYSED suits are just trying to hide the fact that they, along with Pearson designed an assessment for 4th graders that was developmentally inappropriate.</div>
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Although <u>the</u> Facebook page Education is a Journey not a Race no longer exists these pictures of the assessment do. As a parent of a 4th grader I feel the moral obligation to share these pictures with fellow parents. Especially those parents who will have children entering 4th grade next year.</div>
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*On a side note being that no one knows what happened to the original page or person that posted these pictures I want to make sure If I go missing you all ask Pearson where they hid my body.<br />
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SWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424680960321961156noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8059676682260364633.post-69945845093157799132015-03-22T16:25:00.001-07:002015-03-22T16:25:32.808-07:0010 Reasons Why Parents *Don’t* Opt Out<p dir="ltr">10 Reasons Why Parents *Don’t* Opt <u>Out</u></p>
<p dir="ltr"> 1. My kids don’t stress about the test.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Then do it for the kids that DO stress. Do it for special education kids. Do it for kids for whom English is not their first language. Do it for their teachers who are being unfairly graded on how kids from different poverty levels and backgrounds perform on 6 days out of the entire year. Do it to get rid of rote test prep. Do it so authentic learning can return to the classroom all year. Do it so science, creativity, and social studies can have a real presence in the classroom.</p>
<p dir="ltr"> 2. You can’t opt out of life/I want them to learn how to deal with stress.</p>
<p dir="ltr">We would be lucky if test anxiety was the most stressful thing that ever will happen in a child’s life. Sadly, it’s most likely not true. They will have plenty of other opportunities to manage stress and challenges. When you opt out, you are not teaching them to back away from a challenge. You are teaching them to stand up for change and fairness.</p>
<p dir="ltr">3. We took these same tests when we were young.</p>
<p dir="ltr">These are definitely not the same tests. We took developmentally appropriate tests, the results of which were given to both parents and teachers in a timely manner, showing strengths and areas for improvement. These current test results aren’t even given until your child is no longer in their class.</p>
<p dir="ltr">4. I don’t want to negatively affect their teacher.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Did you know that even if your child scores a high 4 one year and gets slightly lower 4 the following, it will show ‘no improvement’? A high 4 is a high 4! This is not an accurate measure of students or teachers. Teachers can’t come out and say it, but if your job depended on the performance of kids on a purposely confusing test grade levels above their skill, would you want them to take the test?</p>
<p dir="ltr">5. Their school will lose funds.</p>
<p dir="ltr">There is not wording that specifically states schools will lose funds, only that Title 1 money will be reallocated. Title 1 money is usually a small amount that is generally equal to the amount spent on test materials, test prep, and subs so teachers can grade exams. Additionally, there have been school districts on Long Island that have had high refusal numbers with no consequence.</p>
<p dir="ltr">6. I don’t want them to lose services/honors courses.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Teachers will use other methods to determine need or eligibility. Kids have refused and not been denied access to any of these.</p>
<p dir="ltr">7. I want them to learn to take tests. It’s good practice for the Regents/SATs/MCATs.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Let’s completely ignore the fact that there have been zero studies that show that testing 8 year olds at an 11 year old level results in higher SAT test scores. Didn’t we all manage to successfully take exams, get into college and become successful? Was there only one opportunity for us to learn these skills, or did we build upon them as we matured? If we’re going with that logic, should we let our kids start driving now to prepare for the driving test in 8 years?</p>
<p dir="ltr">8. I like to see how my kids are doing.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The teacher who sees them 180 days a year is able to tell you how they are doing. A test given 6 days out of the year with developmentally inappropriate material is not a good measure of what your child has learned. The results from this test aren’t received until fall of the following year, when your child is no longer in the class. The way it’s broken down and the secrecy of the test content doesn’t allow for information to be used in a constructive way in the classroom.</p>
<p dir="ltr">9. We need a tougher curriculum because we are lagging behind other countries.</p>
<p dir="ltr">No, we’re not. That information is taken from PISA scores. Other countries just use the data from their best and brightest students. USA uses all students. When adjusted for country size and poverty levels, USA ranks in the top. In fact, USA has remained in the same general area since PISA scores were recorded. Say we were falling behind. Do we really think that testing our kids at a developmentally inappropriate level will improve scores?</p>
<p dir="ltr">10. I’m Ok with all of this.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Please go to the following websites for more information</p>
<p dir="ltr">www.nysape.org</p>
<p dir="ltr">www.connetquotparentsforeducation.com</p>
<p dir="ltr">On Facebook: Long Island Opt Out </p>
<p dir="ltr">Connetquot Parents for Education</p>
<p dir="ltr">Sachem Community Alliance for Public Education</p>
<p dir="ltr">Lace to the Top and Stop Common Core on Long Island</p>
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<p dir="ltr">If we don't educate ourselves and others the vicious cycle of ignorance will continue. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Below are links to an article and research paper that I have found  to be very informative. </p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="http://occupywallstreet.net/story/explaining-white-privilege-broke-white-person">EXPLAINING WHITE PRIVILEGE TO A BROKE WHITE PERSON </a></p>
<p dir="ltr"> <a href="http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/papers/caleb/racism.html">The Undergirding Factor is POWER</a><br>
<a href="http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/papers/caleb/racism.html">Toward an Understanding of Prejudice and Racism</a></p>
<p dir="ltr"><a href="http://badassteachers.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-death-of-michael-brown-teachers-and.html?spref=fb&m=1 ">The Death of Michael Brown, Teachers, and Racism: 10 Things Every Badass Teacher Needs To Understand</a><br>
<a href="http:// http://badassteachers.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-death-of-michael-brown-teachers-and.html?spref=fb&m=1 "> </a></p>
SWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424680960321961156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8059676682260364633.post-5572511458299899682014-05-11T10:13:00.000-07:002014-05-11T10:18:35.860-07:00Happy Mother's Day to My Mom, My Teacher!<span style="font-size: large;">As a child school was the place where I felt safe and nurtured. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">When I went into the 11th grade a teacher who I now I call mom rescued me and saved my life.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Sixteen years ago My Teacher, My Mom showed me that I had a life worth living. She took me into her home and put me into her heart. I used to struggle with what defines a person as a mother and I came up with this, a mother gives you life, nurture, unconditional love and guidance. My Mom, My Teacher has showed, taught and chosen to give me all of the things I constitute as mother. I will show and teach my children as she did me. Although I was not birthed from her, I'm alive because of her!</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Happy Mother's Day to My Mom, My Teacher!</span><br />
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The idea of an interstate compact on education was put forth in the mid-1960s by <a href="http://www.ecs.org/html/aboutECS/Conant.asp" style="color: #003366; font-weight: bold;"><strong>James Bryant Conant</strong></a>, an educator, scientist and diplomat who had served as the president of Harvard University from 1933 to 1953.</div>
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Writing at a time when the GI Bill, the National Defense Education Act, Great Society legislation and other initiatives had greatly enlarged the federal role in education, Conant, in his 1964 book <em>Shaping Education Policy</em>, called for a kind of counterbalance — a mechanism for improving and strengthening education policy and policymaking at the state level. Such a mechanism, he said, would:</div>
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Conant explained that, "there is no study in depth of the experience of the different states in this matter. There is no way in which a state now considering the subject can obtain reliable and complete information from other states that have had many years of experience. We ought to have a mechanism by which each state knows exactly what the other states have done in each education area, and the arguments pro and con. We ought to have a way by which the states could rapidly exchange information and plans in all education matters from kindergarten to the university graduate schools."</div>
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In early 1965, John W. Gardner, president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, teamed up with Terry Sanford, who had recently left the governorship of North Carolina, to transform Conant's idea into reality. Over the next two years, under Sanford's leadership, the Compact for Education was drafted, endorsed by representatives of all 50 states and approved by Congress.</div>
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The operating arm of the compact – christened the Education Commission of the States (ECS) — opened its headquarters in Denver in 1967, with former Cincinnati school superintendent Wendell H. Pierce serving as its first executive director. Sanford hailed ECS as “the most exciting educational experiment on the American scene — a working partnership for the good of the nation.”</div>
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ECS played a pivotal role in the transition to a standards-based education system, and in enlarging policymakers' recognition and understanding of emerging issues, trends and challenges: the needs of at-risk children, minority teacher quality and recruitment, system restructuring, service-learning, school choice, post secondary access and brain research.</div>
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SWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424680960321961156noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8059676682260364633.post-25220110927165625142013-12-30T20:18:00.001-08:002013-12-30T20:18:57.474-08:00Reflections Part 1<p dir=ltr>As the new year approaches I have been reflecting upon how far we actually have come and how much work we still have ahead of us to push for legislation to get us out of this mess.  </p>
<p dir=ltr>When I first became involved in this movement two years ago I was 1 out of maybe 100 people in New York and maybe 1 out of a 1000 nationally.  We collaborated and combined our efforts to raise awareness and encourage people to speak up and take a stand against corporate ed reform. We are no longer just a 100 or a 1,000 people fighting this fight we are now about 100,000 in NY state and over  500,000 nationally. I calculated the numbers above by adding up all the group members on facebook and we don't know how many are fighting this who are not on facebook. </p>
<p dir=ltr>I was reflecting on how I became involved in this movement. I became involved on accident, common core was not rolled out I wasn't alarmed by the content of my daughter's homework . I became involved by questioning how two first grade reading   benchmarks could determine my daughter needed extra support in reading when I knew because my Mom is certified in reading that my daughter was actually a really strong  reader. </p>
<p dir=ltr>While searching for answers I stumbled onto the United Opt Out website and everything I was reading made sense. I was enlightened and learned about high stakes testing. </p>
<p dir=ltr>High stakes testing was around before the Race to the Top initiative. High Stakes testing was initiated by No Child Left Behind (NCLB). </p>
<p dir=ltr>As we fight these new initiatives of corporate education reforms, I think we need to keep in hindsight that the original initiative is still lurking in the background. </p>
<p dir=ltr>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqaSCFMJKdE&feature=youtube_gdata_player</p>
SWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424680960321961156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8059676682260364633.post-85287199918005390372013-11-02T08:20:00.001-07:002013-11-02T08:20:17.246-07:00Enough with Flanagan's Shenanigans!<p dir=ltr>Senator and Education Committee Chair John Flanagan has and continues  to aid in the dismantling of our New York public education System! He has <a href="http:// https://votesmart.org/candidate/4315/john-flanagan-jr?categoryId=27&filter=['V',%20'S',%20'R',%20'E',%20'F',%20'P']#.UnULLHPD-v3">voted</a> yes on several legislative bills that have negatively impacted our public schools.</p>
<p dir=ltr>Senator Flanagan initiated legislation and <a href="http:// Vote to pass a bill that increases the number of charter schools permitted in New York.">Voted</a> YES to pass a bill that increases the number of charter schools permitted in New York. He also <a href="http:// Vote to pass a bill that increases the number of charter schools permitted in New York.">Voted</a> YES to pass a bill that caps annual increases in property tax rates imposed by school districts at 4 percent or 120 percent of inflation, whichever is less.</p>
<p dir=ltr>Senator Flanagan was also influential in instituting merit based teacher assessments.</p>
<p dir=ltr>His  biggest <a href="http:// http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/contributor_details.phtml?c=135585&d=2068129454">campaign contribution </a>is from Michelle Rhee's organization Students First. Michelle Rhee has an agenda to dismantle public education! Read <a href="http:// http://dianeravitch.net/2012/10/02/michelle-rhees-plan-to-destroy-public-education/">Diane </a><a href="http:// http://dianeravitch.net/2012/10/02/michelle-rhees-plan-to-destroy-public-education/">Ravich</a><a href="http:// http://dianeravitch.net/2012/10/02/michelle-rhees-plan-to-destroy-public-education/">'s</a><a href="http:// http://dianeravitch.net/2012/10/02/michelle-rhees-plan-to-destroy-public-education/"> blog</a> post it explains Rhee's plan to destroy public education well! </p>
<p dir=ltr>Be sure to watch the videos of several <a href="http:// https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hFdZIX6iYA&feature=youtube_gdata_player">parents</a> and <a href="http:// http://youtu.be/Ja0f4EOtyow">teachers</a> who have tried on several occasions to reach out to Senator Flanagan regarding their deep concern for their students and children. </p>
<p dir=ltr>Senator Flanagan we have had enough of your shenanigans! Come 2014 we the parents and teachers are voting you out! </p>
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In a nutshell this publication is a directive on how to manipulate Teachers, parents, administrators and even legislators to buy into the CCSS!</span></b><br /><br />
<b>On pg. 48 in the publication <a href="http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED527109.pdf" target="_blank">Implementing Common Core State Standards</a> and Assessments: A Workbook for State and District Leaders it states: </b>In essence communications efforts help widen the circles of leadership beyond your department so that the transition to the CCSS has the support it needs. Build a Base of support by establishing the “guiding coalition”Flagging public support can push implementation off the rails. Pressure to water down student expectations may build, for example, once new assessment results show that students are not as prepared as once believed. Inevitably, state and district leaders need help in keeping rigorous expectations for students at the heart of their agenda. Though the strategic implementation team plays a key role in supporting this agenda, a small group of highly visible and credible leaders are needed to sustain effort in the face of pushback. The role of this “guiding coalition” is to remove bureaucratic barriers to change, exert influence at key moments to support implementation and offer counsel to the strategic implementation team. The guiding coalition might include a head of a university, key businessperson, state legislator, leader of a professional content association, teachers union leader or vocal parent.<br />
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starting the third grade I’m afraid she will experience a year of test prep.
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start the year off positive, I sent their refusal letters in and we have our
sneakers laced to the top with green laces! My daughter excited about refusing
the baselines and state assessments because she overhears almost every “education
reform” discussion I have. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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like my son already feels. I will hold on to hope, remain positive and hide my
feelings of outrage for the developmentally inappropriate lessons I anticipate
will be coming home. My district adopted those not so lovely <a href="http://www.engageny.org/resource/grade-1-ela-domain-4-early-world-civilizations"><span style="color: blue;">modules on engage</span><span style="color: blue;"> <sup>NY</sup></span></a>, so it may be a challenge to keep
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Stay strong parents,
teachers and administrators and never give up hope that we can put a stopped to
this hostile takeover! It may take time but together we will reclaim our public
schools! </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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SWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424680960321961156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8059676682260364633.post-56442599207463327352013-08-08T16:42:00.001-07:002013-08-08T16:45:11.347-07:00 Compete in a Global Economy ?<p dir=ltr><br>
What does it mean to compete in a global economy? Are we competing for wages? Many other countries around the globe have a low waged working class ,are we trying to compete by developing a class of workers here in the U.S.? If so the median annual income in China  converted to dollars is $10,900. The median annual income in India after taxes is $735. </p>
<p dir=ltr>Large corporations outsource employment to other countries because economically it makes sense to higher employees who will work longer hours for lower wages. If you think about it is the  representative with the foreign accent that calls during dinner time to remind you your balance is pass due really "Joe" from "Idaho"? </p>
SWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424680960321961156noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8059676682260364633.post-8257353961151402392013-07-28T10:57:00.000-07:002013-08-07T10:58:26.383-07:00Kindergarten Should not look like this!<h3>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>My son’s kindergarten experience was hijacked by the common core and that has motivated me to fight harder for Public Education.This video is a sad reality of what my son experienced in Kindergarten this past year.</b></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the 2012-2013 school year my children’s school
district had a trial run implementing the unethical teacher evaluation system
known as APPR. When I volunteered at the book fair in the beginning of the year,
I noticed and felt the dynamics and overall atmosphere of my children's
elementary school had changed. The amazing teachers looked defeated and their
morale was down. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wanted to make the teachers in my children's school
aware of my efforts of advocacy. I wanted the teachers to know I am on their
side and speaking up for them. Whenever I had the opportunity I would express my
dislike of the way they were being evaluated and how unjust and demoralizing it
was to measure a teacher’s effectiveness based on a student’s test score.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In October of 2012
when I submitted my children's opt out letter I expressed that I could not let
my children be a part of the punitive, unjustly and degrading measures (APPR)
that are being used to evaluate teachers and principals in our public schools.
My child's teacher thanked me for my support and asked me if she could share my
opt out letter with her colleagues. Of course I said yes! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I feel very strongly that the unity between parents
and teachers is an important factor if we want to stop the corporate and
government attacks on our public school system.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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both teachers and parents it may be a challenge to form a unity with some parents,
because in all honesty there are certain types of parents that teachers
certainly can't or wouldn't want collaborate with of course. There are also
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Three immediate goals of The American Recovery and <b>Reinvestment</b> Act of 2009:</div>
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Public Education is the Scapegoat for poverty and the cash cow for corporations and our economy!</div>
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Its no big surprise many of our NY Senators hold stock in corporations that will capitalize off of education reform. <br />
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SWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424680960321961156noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8059676682260364633.post-14742274915163835942013-06-27T21:12:00.000-07:002013-06-27T21:12:34.457-07:00TOGETHER WE RISE!<div class="MsoNormal">
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upstate New York. There was no phone service and the closest place to access
wifi service was about a mile away from the campsite at the local market. Being unconnected I reflected on the travesty policy makers and corporate leaders
call “education reform”. Never before did I ever consider myself to be naive
until now<span style="color: #351c75; font-weight: normal;">.</span> Even after all the research I've done and all the corruption I have
discovered from<a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?c=135585" style="font-weight: normal;" target="_blank"> politicians</a> being bought off by “campaign donations”, presidents
of the <a href="http://www.nocommonsenseeducation.com/2013/05/union-exposed-part-2.html" style="font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">Teachers Unions</a> and the <a href="http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2013/05/OPP1082255" style="font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">National PTA</a> being paid off by “grants”. I was naive
because knowing all the resources, funding and manipulation that took place in order for New York to even participate in Race to the Top and adopt the Common Core, I
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hoping the majority of parents and teachers are awake and acknowledge that “education
reform” is not really about reforming anything other than economic growth for
our nation.There may still be many people still sleeping, but I think they are willingly keeping their heads in the sand and I must say I’m envious of those people, I often wish I had my head back in the sand that way when I think about of sending my kids to school in September I wouldn't feel that overwhelming sensation of guilt come across me knowing my children will be entering a toxic wasteland.<br />
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<b>It's impossible for me to bury my head back in the sand and I refuse to give up and become complacent!</b><br />
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If you are awake we need to start figuring out how we can rise up
and conquer this system that was purposely designed for our children to fail,
for teachers to fail, and our schools to fail? We need to think bigger than
just talking amongst Facebook group walls. Social Media is great for networking
and making alliances with like minded people who see through these hogwash
reform policies. Bottom line is whether your Facebook group has 3,000 or 20,000 it
won’t change anything <b>unless we come together outside the walls of Facebook and
stand up for our children, our teachers, and our schools! </b>We can’t just sit
back and hope for change, we can’t just sit back hoping political leaders will
do what’s right, because they are the ones who got us into this mess! <b>We have
to create the change! We must close the hostility gap between parents and
teachers! Together we need to rise and unite to reclaim our schools! </b><br />
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Long Island Senators start fighting to Withdraw NY from the Common Core, Stop irrational and demoralizing teacher evaluations, end high stakes testing and put an end to Data Mining! </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Expect to see a lot of these signs spread out widely across Long Island if you don't start doing whats right by our children!</span></b></div>
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There’s a publication that is listed on US Department of Education called <a href="https://www.ed.gov/edblogs/technology/research/">Promoting Grit Tenacity and Perseverance</a>, I recently started researching some of the technology devices this publication has listed. <span style="color: red;">These devices are used to determine teacher effectiveness, student learning and engagement.</span> From Facial Expression Cameras to Wireless Skin Conductance Sensor there are many “products” listed that state they measure students emotional responses while “learning” and teacher “effectiveness”. <br />
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<b>Here's a closer look along with my commentary of some of the technology devices listed in the publication Promoting Grit Tenacity and Perseverance </b></h3>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfBFfsCEBony7pAryIlwvmOPHUF-EAF-3_Pln3QS1T5Eq5JXIBKyky_D7gsv1XOZFQ-fPOlMljomKFg0Ww6N1pyUxBc-13_YgmxPYOo5c03KqVgvyxlr73dVlh6QC-rV4eIfND0lXTCmM/s1600/mindreader.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfBFfsCEBony7pAryIlwvmOPHUF-EAF-3_Pln3QS1T5Eq5JXIBKyky_D7gsv1XOZFQ-fPOlMljomKFg0Ww6N1pyUxBc-13_YgmxPYOo5c03KqVgvyxlr73dVlh6QC-rV4eIfND0lXTCmM/s320/mindreader.png" width="320" /></a><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Face-based Emotion Recognition </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 25.5px;">With this system it is possible to infer six different emotions beyond the basic emotions: <span style="color: red;">agreeing, concentrating, disagreeing, interested, thinking and unsure.</span></span><span style="color: #3b3b3b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 25.5px;">The automated </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 25.5px;"><span style="color: red;">mind-reading</span></span><span style="color: #3b3b3b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 25.5px;"> system implements the model by combining top-down </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 25.5px;"><span style="color: red;">predictions</span></span><span style="color: #3b3b3b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 25.5px;"> of </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 25.5px;"><span style="color: red;">mental state</span></span><span style="color: #3b3b3b; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 25.5px;"> models with bottom-up vision-based processing of the face. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 25.5px;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Mind reading camera system wow. Every spouse will want one of these for sure!</b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3b3b3b;">We are gathering </span><span style="color: red;">data </span><span style="color: #3b3b3b;">about student posture while seated using different and key points on the seat and on the back of the chair, and also we can get </span><span style="color: red;">information</span><span style="color: #3b3b3b;"> about how the </span><span style="color: red;">subject</span><span style="color: #3b3b3b;"> leans back and forward. Using this information enhance the way we can </span><span style="color: red;">define </span><span style="color: #3b3b3b;">the</span><span style="color: red;"> emotional status of the student.</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Notice the wording. Our children are viewed as subjects. </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #3b3b3b; font-size: 15px; line-height: 25.5px;">Skin Conductance Sensor (SCS), also known as Galvanic Skin Response (GSR), is a method of measuring the electrical conductance of the skin, which varies with its moisture level. This is of interest because the sweat glands are controlled by the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, so skin conductance is used as an indication of psychological or physiological arousal.<b> </b></span><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 25.5px;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Exactly how will this help our children learn?</b></span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Curious to know the reasons why these technology devices are being introduced into our schools? Read the following 2011 report by The <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-center;">Executive Office of the President </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: -webkit-center;">Council of Economic Advisers </span><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/cea/factsheets-reports/educational-technology" target="_blank"> Unleashing the Potential of Educational Technology</a>. <span style="color: #e06666;">S</span></span><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">everal statements really stood out.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Our children are the subjects that entrepreneurs are testing their technology devices on. I automatically thought isn't it illegal to conduct research experiments on children? Especially with out a parents consent. </b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This appears to be one huge science research experiment and our children are the products they are researching. Corporations don't have to jump through hoops to get their products tested because they will be testing them in our schools. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Forgot to mention all these products are funded by ..................................................................</span></b><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yup you guessed The one and only <a href="http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2012/11/OPP1061281" target="_blank">Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation</a></b></div>
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Many parents including myself are very upset by the way our teachers are being demoralized and scrutinized. This video is calling out the presidents of the teachers union. Union presidents Richard C. Iannuzzi, Randi Weingarten and Dennis Van Roekel we urge you to start supporting your teachers again and stop making deals and accepting funds from corporations who have intent to destroy public education.
Once again this video is not attacking teachers its attacking their union presidents who are failing to support and speak up for their members!
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I write to you today with sadness in
my heart because school is no longer a place that fosters a child’s love for
learning. It sickens me that corporate
leaders such as Bill Gates, Eli Broad, Rupert Murdoch, and others are so blatantly
influencing education policy for their own financial gain. These multi-million dollar donations and
investments made by these corporate leaders through their foundations are
anything but innocent. The corporate world has totally monopolized our public
education system. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">In your 2011 interview with the NY
Times you credited teachers for helping you to overcome an isolated childhood,
but now you are aiding in destroying the teaching profession. Your teachers
were able to help you overcome your isolated childhood because those teachers weren’t
consumed by data and you didn’t receive a one size fits all education. Students
today, who are growing up in similar situations as you did, will not be so fortunate
because they will be seen as just data points on a screen and not as a whole student.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">If there is any human decency left in
you, speak up for our children, our
teachers, and our public schools, and influence your fellow policymakers to
make decisions that benefit our public education system instead of writing policies
to aid in its demise. Education can be reformed if the intentions are pure and
not led by greed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Just as through your own experience,
you know there is no common child. I implore you to stop supporting standards geared
towards the common child. Join us in the fight to return public education back
to the public!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the Facebook group <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/549231011767025/" target="_blank">Parents and Teachers Against the Common Core (P-TACC) </a>they
are a group in action and I'm Proud to be a part of the group. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with two other P-TACC group members they are activist Moms Jeanine C. and Dina
P. Together we have compiled facts and evidence by combing through several
documents trying to connect the dots between why and how The Teachers Union NYSUT- AFT -NEA sold out their members. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow;">Constitution and Bylaws of NYSUT </span>effective 2012-2013, <span style="background-color: yellow;">NYSUT </span>may also be
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raise student achievement. Important partners in this effort are the<span style="background-color: yellow;"> American
Federation of Teachers </span>(AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA) and
their affiliates in the participating communities. “These districts, working
with their unions and parents, were willing to think out of the box, and were
awarded <span style="background-color: yellow;">millions</span> of <span style="background-color: yellow;">dollars</span> to create transparent, fair, and sustainable
<span style="background-color: yellow;">teacher effectiveness models</span>,” <span style="background-color: yellow;">said Randi Weingarten</span>, President of the AFT.
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effectiveness and accountability systems.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: yellow;">member</span> of the <span style="background-color: yellow;">Partnership for 21st Century Skills</span>. The Partnership for 21st
Century Skills chaired by NEA Executive Director John Wilson. <span style="background-color: yellow;">Executive Board
member, Kathy Hurley of Pearson Education Foundation.</span> The range of <span style="background-color: yellow;">business
partners </span>are Time Warner, Ford, and Microsoft owned by Bill Gates.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the P-TACC website<a href="http://www.p-tacc.org//p/education-reform-exposed.html" target="_blank"> www.P-tacc.org//p/education-reform-exposed.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a post about <a href="http://www.nocommonsenseeducation.com/2013/03/changing-why-to-how.html" target="_blank">changing the Why to the HOW</a>. The one question I was not able to
let go of was WHY the teachers union
would bail on their own members by not fighting against a teachers’ evaluation
system that determines if a teacher is effective or ineffective based on student
test scores? I found my answer. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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SWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424680960321961156noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8059676682260364633.post-3299471664638371312013-05-08T03:41:00.001-07:002013-05-08T14:44:10.424-07:00Parents Beware! <b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">FYI Parents: Most school districts are using eschooldata or powerschool to store your child's data and send it up to the state.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you have a parent portal, sign in and you will notice your child's is being tracked throughout his/her day. The NYSED has our schools entering whether our child was present during each lesson being taught through out each day. You will also notice your child's<span style="color: red;"> report card </span>is on there,<span style="color: red;"> bus stop</span>, <span style="color: red;">health record </span>and <span style="color: red;">school picture.</span></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This information about your child is already stored into databases owned and operated by a 3rd party vendor.</b><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Parents you need to know one of eschooldata's partners is <span style="color: red;">Microsoft (Bill Gates)</span> and Powerschool is owned and operated by <span style="color: red;">Pearson</span>.</span><br />
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representing its own members. We are affiliated with the <b><span style="line-height: 107%;">American Federation of Teachers (AFT)</span></b> and the <b><span style="line-height: 107%;">National Education Association (NEA).</span></b><span style="line-height: 107%;"> </span>We
are also part of organized labor - <b><span style="line-height: 107%;">the AFL-CIO
- and of Education International</span></b>, with more than 20 million members
worldwide. <a href="http://www.nysut.org/about.htm">http://www.nysut.org/about.htm</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Partnership for 21st Century Skills<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">NEA is a founding member of the Partnership for 21st Century
Skills, a national advocacy organization that encourages schools, districts,
and states to infuse technology into education and provides tools and
resources to facilitate that effort.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The partnership, chaired by NEA Executive Director John
Wilson, includes a range of business partners (Time Warner, Ford, Microsoft,
Cisco Systems, Dell, Verizon, SAS, and more), various education-related
organizations (American Association of School Librarians, American Federation
of Teachers, Educational Testing Service, Pearson Education, and others),
foundations (Intel Foundation and Oracle Education Foundation) and media groups
(Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Cable in the Classroom, and more). Visit
the Partnership for 21st Century Skills Web site for a full list of partners<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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SWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424680960321961156noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8059676682260364633.post-26919099210384963782013-04-30T07:06:00.001-07:002013-04-30T07:09:07.634-07:00Connecting The Links Between Bill Gates and Education Reform<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">How Much is Bill Gates behind Education Reform policies? It seems to me by the amount of Money he has donated he's behind the whole </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">corrupted</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> movement.</span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><br /></span></b>
<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">Gates
and inBloom, Inc</span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Date:
October 2012 <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Purpose: to provide seed funding for
startup and initial development costs of new 501(c)(3) <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amount:
$16,783,334 <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Term: 21 <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Topic: College-Ready <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Regions Served: GLOBAL|NORTH AMERICA <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Program: United States <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grantee Location: Atlanta, Georgia<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2012/10/OPP1070519">http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2012/10/OPP1070519</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gates
is linked with the Pearson Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Date:
February 2011 <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Purpose:
to support the development of open access courses for 6th and 7th grade
mathematics as well as 11th and 12th grade English language arts <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amount:
$2,999,047 <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Term: 35 <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Topic: College-Ready <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Regions Served: GLOBAL|NORTH AMERICA <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Program: United States <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grantee Location: New York, New York<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2011/02/OPP1031713">http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2011/02/OPP1031713</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gates
linked to the National Governors Association Center For Best Practices<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">National
Governors Association Center For Best Practices<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Date:
May 2008 <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Purpose:
to help governors improve college and career ready rates and make state
education systems internationally competitive <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amount:
$2,496,814 <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Term: 50 <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Topic: Global Policy & Advocacy <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Regions Served: GLOBAL|NORTH AMERICA <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Program: United States <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grantee Location: Washington, District
of Columbia<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2008/05/OPP50433">http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2008/05/OPP50433</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gates
is linked with Council of Chief State School Officers</span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Council
of Chief State School Officers<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Date:
April 2004 <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Purpose:
to provide states with sophisticated, web-based data tools that will strengthen
accountability and improve results through data-driven decision making <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amount:
$25,000,000 <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Term: 36 <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Topic: College-Ready <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Regions Served: GLOBAL|NORTH AMERICA <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Program: United States <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grantee Location: Washington, District
of Columbia<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2004/04/OPP30011">http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2004/04/OPP30011</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Council
of Chief State School Officers<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Date:
June 2011 <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Purpose:
to support the Common Core State Standards work <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amount:
$9,388,911 <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Term: 36 <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Topic: College-Ready <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Regions Served: GLOBAL|NORTH AMERICA <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Program: United States <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grantee Location: Washington, District
of Columbia <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2011/06/OPP1033998">http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2011/06/OPP1033998</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Date:
November 2012</span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Purpose:
to support the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) in helping States’
to build their data inoperability capability and IT leadership capacity <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amount:
$1,277,648 <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Term: 36 <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Topic: College-Ready <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Regions Served: GLOBAL|NORTH AMERICA <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Program: United States <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grantee Location: Washington, District
of Columbia <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2012/11/OPP1077455">http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2012/11/OPP1077455</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Council
of Chief State School Officers<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Date:
November 2009 <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Purpose:
to partner with federal, state, public, and private interests to develop
common, open, longitudinal data standards <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amount:
$3,185,750 <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Term: 36 <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Topic: Global Policy & Advocacy <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Regions Served: GLOBAL|NORTH AMERICA <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Program: United States <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grantee Location: Washington, District
of Columbia<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2009/11/OPPad12">http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2009/11/OPPad12</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Council of Chief State School Officers<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Date:
July 2009 <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Purpose: to increase the leadership
capacity of chiefs by focusing on standards and assessments, data systems,
educator development and determining a new system of supports for student
learning <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amount:
$9,961,842 <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Term: 30 <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Topic: College-Ready <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Regions Served: GLOBAL|NORTH AMERICA <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Program: United States <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grantee Location: Washington, District
of Columbia <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2009/07/OPP50935">http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2009/07/OPP50935</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Council
of Chief State School Officers</span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Date:
March 2007 <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Purpose:
to support Phase II of the National Education Data Partnership seeking to
promote transparency and accessibility of education data and improve public
education through data-driven decision making <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amount:
$21,642,317 <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Term: 36 <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Topic: Global Policy & Advocacy <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Regions Served: GLOBAL|NORTH AMERICA <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Program: United States <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grantee Location: Washington, District
of Columbia<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gates
awards the National PTA 1 Million<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Media-Center/Press-Releases/2009/12/National-PTA-to-Mobilize-Parents-for-Common-Core-Standards">http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Media-Center/Press-Releases/2009/12/National-PTA-to-Mobilize-Parents-for-Common-Core-Standards</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gates
and NYSUT on Teacher evaluations 500,000 for 12 month contract<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2012/11/OPP1060563">http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2012/11/OPP1060563</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gates
and AFT on CCSS<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Date:
June 2012</span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Purpose:
to support the AFT Innovation Fund and work on teacher development and Common
Core State Standards <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amount:
$4,400,000 <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Term: 24 <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Topic: College-Ready <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Regions Served: GLOBAL|NORTH AMERICA <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Program: United States <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grantee Location: Washington, District
of Columbia<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<a href="http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2012/06/OPP1060566" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2012/06/OPP1060566</a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">American
Federation Of Teachers Educational Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Date:
July 2010 <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Purpose: to support the American
Federation of Teachers Innovation Fund and the union's teacher development and
evaluation programs <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amount: $4,021,725 <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Term: 42 <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Topic: College-Ready <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Regions Served: GLOBAL|NORTH AMERICA <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Program: United States <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gates
and Achieve Inc</span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Achieve Inc<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Date:
November 2011 <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Purpose: to bolster efforts to support
national and state strategies to adopt, implement and sustain college and
career-ready policies <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amount:
$375,000 <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Term: 7 <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Topic: College-Ready <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Regions Served: GLOBAL|NORTH AMERICA <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Program: United States <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grantee Location: Washington D.C.,
District of Columbia <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2012/04/OPP1061265">http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2012/04/OPP1061265</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Date:
April 2012 <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Purpose: for general operating support <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amount:
$3,500,000 <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Term: 48 <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Topic: College-Ready <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Regions Served: GLOBAL|NORTH AMERICA <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Program: United States <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grantee Location: Washington D.C.,
District of Columbia <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2012/04/OPP1061265">http://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/Quick-Links/Grants-Database/Grants/2012/04/OPP1061265</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gates
and National Center for Educational Achievement<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Date: April 2007 <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Purpose: to facilitate building national
longitudinal data systems and promote the understanding of the powerful uses of
longitudinal data to improve student achievement among policymakers and other
stakeholders <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amount:
$1,194,377 <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Term: 24 <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Topic: Global Policy & Advocacy <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Regions Served: GLOBAL|NORTH AMERICA <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Program: United States <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grantee Location: Austin, Texas<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gates
and The Achievement Network<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Date:
November 2012 <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Purpose:
to support implementation of the Common Core State Standards by building the
capacity of school leaders and teachers to address the instructional shifts
through interim assessments, coaching, network collaboration, and access to
resources <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amount:
$3,002,252 <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Term: 48 <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Topic: College-Ready <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Regions Served: GLOBAL|NORTH AMERICA <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Program: United States <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grantee Location: Boston, Massachusetts<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some of Our Partners<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Achieve<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alliance College-Ready Public Schools<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alliance for Excellent Education<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alliance Public Schools<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">American Federation of Teachers
Educational Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">American Institutes for Education
Research<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aspen Institute<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Aspire Public Schools<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Center for American Progress<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Center for Teaching Quality<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Charter School Growth Fund<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Colorado Department of Education<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Colorado Legacy Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Council of Chief State School Officers<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Council of Great City Schools<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Data Quality Campaign<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Denver Public Schools<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Education Counsel<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Education Delivery Institute<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Education Trust<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Educators for Excellence<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Engaged Learning<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Green Dot Public Schools<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hillsborough County Public Schools<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Hunt Institute<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">iNACOL (International Association for
K-12 Online Learning) <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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