High Tech High 2.0

theodp writes "A week ago, in his How to Keep America Competitive Op-Ed, Bill Gates touted the Gates Foundation-backed High Tech High as the future of American education. One small problem. Two days earlier, tearful Bay Area High Tech High students — recruited by a Bill Gates video — were told that their school of the future has no future. So would Bill be too embarrassed to lay out his education plan before the Senate Wednesday? Nah. Not too surprisingly though, mentions of High Tech High were MIA in Bill's prepared remarks (PDF), which touted Philly's imaginatively named $65M School of the Future, built under the guidance of Microsoft, as the new school of the future. Committee politicians reportedly embraced virtually all of the suggestions made by Gates."

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This sounds almost as horrific as windows for warships. The powers that be are always swayed by bullshit and Bill as we know is a master in this game. He is no doubt trying to get rid of vista as nobody wants to buy it. So you unsuspecting tax paying Americans will finance Bill and Co like it or not.

I do not for one moment think that M$ will cough this up for the good of its health. There has to be a financial insentive in there someplace.