According to Fred Hiatt, editorial page editor for the Washington Post, Bill Gates of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation plans to refocus the Gates Foundation’s educational efforts on successful charter schools and improving teacher effectiveness. Good news, at least on the latter matter.
As I developed in an earlier post, the Gates Foundation could do a lot of good by systematically picking off critical subject areas in education (I suggested algebra as a good starter) and upgrading instruction in that area by spreading the use of evidence-based teaching procedures.
Mr. Hiatt’s column does not explicate the details of the Gates Foundation’s plans, but it is encouraging that there is a focus on improving teacher effectiveness.
Read Mr. Hiatt’s column.
How to prevent burnout, indeed.