The Question of Whether the Gates' Contribution to the Funding

question 109

Multiple Choice

The question of whether the Gates' contribution to the funding of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) is more philanthropy or an investment has been raised because of Bill Gates'

• A) keen interest in, and great focus on education-this despite the fact that he, himself, was a college drop-out.
• B) purchase of stock options in CCSS-related programs soon after CCSS became a reality.
• C) sale, at a huge profit, of a division of Microsoft charged with the responsibility of producing software for CCSS.
• D) interest in Microsoft and the CCSS requirement that participating school systems must purchase expensive computer hardware and software.

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