Friday, May 8, 2020

Cuomo Taps Gates Foundation to Help New York ‘Revolutionize’ Education After Coronavirus

Via Papa

 ALBANY, NY - MAY 01: New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during his daily press briefing on May 1, 2020 in Albany, New York.  Cuomo stated that New York will eliminate deductibles for mental health services for frontline workers.  (Photo by Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images)

The state and the powerful philanthropic player will work together to reimagine the K-12 system when schools reopen after the coronavirus crisis. (Oh, boy one of their favorite words pops up......)

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo tapped the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the powerful philanthropic player in the education space, to work with state education officials to reimagine the K-12 system when schools reopen in the fall.
"Bill Gates is a visionary in many ways, and his ideas and thoughts on technology and education he's spoken about for years," Cuomo said Tuesday during his daily briefing at which he announced the partnership. "But I think we now have a moment in history where we can actually incorporate and advance those ideas."
"When does change come to a society?" he asked. "We all talk about change and advancement, but really we like control and we like the status quo and it's hard to change the status quo. But we get moments in history where people say, 'OK, I'm ready. I'm ready for change. I get it.' I think this is one of those moments."

7 comments:

  1. People are focused on reopening, but not realizing the long term plans being phased in.

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  2. https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/content/news/Gov-Whitmer-details-six-phases-of-her-MI-Safe-Start-Plan-570282461.html

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  3. At the bottom of graph, it states things can go backwards, robust testing, contact tracing, containment, high uptake of an effective therapy or vaccine.
    https://media.graytvinc.com/images/810*455/Gov+Whitmer+MI+Safe+Start+Plan+graphic+WLUC+Copy+JPEG.jpg

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  4. Why not let the wolves in as well as the foxes in the hen house? Gates and everything he has touched and has function with needs to be phasered from orbit...

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    1. Really. I noticed his picture yesterday and it stated he was 64 but sure looks much older.

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