Bill Gates Says 'Get on the Common Core Railroad!'
The purpose of Common Core was to make sure all kids are taught the same way, Bill Gates, the largest financial backer of Common Core, said, and he was surprised it has become controversial.
"Common Core I would have thought of as more of a technocratic issue," Gates, founder of Microsoft, explained in an interview with Politico published Monday. "The basic idea of, 'should we share an electrical plug across the country?' Well, you can get partisan about that I suppose."
Gates then compared the education system to the railroad system, noting that all states must have the same railroad width in order for trains to travel across state lines.
"Should Georgia have a different railroad width than everybody else? Should they teach multiplication in a different way? Oh that's brilliant, who came up with that idea?" he said sarcastically.
Gates was surprised to find, though, that many do not believe all students should be taught the same way.
