Bill Gates And The Common Core: Did He Really Do Anything Wrong?

In a recent front page article, the Washington Post tells what it casts as the story of how Bill Gates, through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, used his fortune to promote adoption of the now-controversial Common Core education standards, the national goals backed by the Obama Administration but vilified in some quarters on both right and left. The implication of “How Bill Gates Pulled Off the Common Core Revolution”, however, goes well beyond the specific issue at hand.  In what amo...