Mamie Till Mobley

"There was an important mission for me, to shape so many...young minds as a teacher. God took away one child but...(gave) me thousands. And I have been grateful for the blessing." Mamie Till Mobley

Monday, January 13, 2014

Achieve instigator of Common Core

Achieve was one of the instigators of Common Core. (along with the ACT and the College Board). It just so happens that Achieve is funded by groups like Battelle (which argues for STEM when there is no STEM shortage), the Gates Foundation, Prudential and State Farm and Travelers, Boeing, GE, JPMorgan Chase, Intel, IBM, the Helmsley Foundation, DuPont, Cisco, Chevron, Microsoft....many of these companies pay little or no taxes. You can read about Microsoft, just to pick one, here:

http://www.vanityfair.com/business/2012/08/microsoft-lost-mojo-steve-ballmer

Achieve's board of directors is here:

http://www.achieve.org/our-board-directors

From The Answer Sheer
Washington Post 1/13/14

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Whitney Tilson (3rd background)

Whitney Tilson (3rd background)
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Arne Duncan

Arne Duncan
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