On: MacBASIC

[eesmith]

I could well be wrong on the details, but note that Bill Gates and his foundation funding enabled Common Core to meet RttP goals, in a way that https://dianeravitch.net/2014/06/08/the-inside-story-of-how-... describes as a "coup".

Curriculum standards only work if people follow the standards, which for the US means tests, along with the artificial high-stakes I mentioned.

[eesmith → eesmith]

(Ooops! RttP should be RttT, for Race to the Top, not toP!)

[nxobject → eesmith]

Don’t worry - I’m not innocent here either - I forgot that it was George W Bush, not HW Bush!