Author to Challenge Common Core's Merits at Port Washington Event

Anthony Cody, author of “The Educator And The Oligarch: A Teacher Challenges The Gates Foundation” will be in Port Washington Tuesday evening.

A retired school teacher who now hosts the Living in Dialogue blog, Cody has been making the rounds, discussing the impact he sees from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on public school education across the nation.

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In an interview with the Washington Post, Cody says:

“I challenge them to take a closer look and see what is happening. See what happens when you increase class sizes, as Bill Gates suggested. See what happens when you tie teacher evaluations to test scores. See what happens when your policies ignore the very real effects of poverty. See what happens when you attempt to ‘personalize’ instruction by the use of computers instead of human beings.”

Cody, who served as a teacher for 24 years in Oakland, California, will be at the Dolphin Bookshop at 6:30 p.m. to discuss his findings.

If you go: The Dolphin Bookshop is located at 299 Main St in Port Washington. For more information, call (516) 767-2650.

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