The Gates Foundation, Schools and Students

The Gates Foundation, Schools and Students

Anthony Cody is the author of The Educator And The Oligarch: A Teacher Challenges The Gates Foundation (Amazon; Barnes & Noble) | NCTE George Orwell Award winner and the eLIT Silver Medal Award winner | Twitter: @AnthonyCody

Ep. 51 Is The Gates Foundation Really Helping Our Schools and Students? With Author Anthony Cody

Previously Recorded August 2, 2018

By Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought Professional Development. This is episode 51 of the TeachThought Podcast. Drew Perkins talks with Anthony Cody about the second edition of his book The Educator and the Oligarch and new developments in the type of education reform led by the Gates Foundation.

Links & Resources Mentioned In This Episode

• The Educator and the Oligarch

• TeachThought Podcast Ep 7: Teacher Accountability And A Challenge To The Gates Foundation

• Anthony Cody on Twitter

• Joanne Weiss

• Expeditionary Learning

• The New York Performance Standards Consortium

• The Network For Public Education

• Ep. 41 Is School Choice And Charter Schools The Answer?

• Anthony’s blog: Living in Dialogue

About Anthony Cody

Social activism was a family value, and led Anthony to get his teaching credential in 1987, which he used to get a job teaching science at Bret Harte Middle School, where he taught for 18 years. In 2000, he became one of Oakland’s first National Board certified teachers, and led district-wide efforts to strengthen science instruction.

In 2005 he left the classroom to become a Peer Assistance and Review “consulting teacher,” working to help struggling teachers improve. In his next position, he headed a district-wide mentoring program designed to support beginning science teachers, called TeamScience. 

His blog, Living in Dialogue, was launched at Education Week/Teacher in 2008, and has won numerous awards, including a first place prize from the Education Writers of America in 2013. This blog has recently been reborn as an independent site, at livingindialogue.com. He created the Facebook community, Teachers’ Letters to Obama, in 2009, and delivered strong messages of concern to the White House regarding the president’s education policies.

In 2011, he was among the core organizers of the Save Our Schools March in Washington, DC, which brought more than 5000 protesters to the nation’s capital. In 2013, he joined with Diane Ravitch to found the Network for Public Education, a national advocacy group that advocates for meaningful reform, and supports candidates willing to stand up for public schools.

Anthony Cody is the author of The Educator And The Oligarch: A Teacher Challenges The Gates Foundation (Amazon; Barnes & Noble)