Thread by @artisbrutal2021

Former Gov. Jeb Bush founded ExcelinEd in 2008
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It has received donations from Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg and Eli Broad, as well as Connections Education, a subsidiary of Pearson PLC, and Amplify, a subsidiary of NewsCorp

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ExcelinEd > Connections Education, a subsidiary of Pearson PLC

In 2013 Pearson merged its Penguin Books with German conglomerate Bertelsmann

> #SHAEF

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#SHAEF

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In February 2008, Pearson announced the sale of its Pearson Data Management Division (formerly the scanner manufacturing and servicing division of NCS Inc.) to Scantron Corporation (part of M&F Worldwide) which had been its main competitor

> OMR > standardized examinations

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Excelin > Amplify, a subsidiary of NewsCorp

Amplify products and services provide assessment and analytics for data-driven instruction and next-generation digital curriculum based on the Common Core State Standards

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"News Corp sold Amplify in 2015 for an undisclosed sum to the Emerson Collective, a philanthropic organization founded by Laurene Powell Jobs " 🍿

Need to do a deep dive on her

https://twitter.com/artisbrutal2021/status/1569587382587883522

"Email to John Podesta from Ann O'Leary
Senior Policy Advisor, Hillary for America

Subject: Laurene Powell Jobs Ed Reform Meeting" 🤔

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"Larry Berger, co-founder of Wireless Generation, is now the chief executive of the new company"

the74million.org/article/beyond…

"This piece is part of “Beyond the Scantron: Tests and Equity in Today’s Schools,” a 3-week series produced in collaboration with the George W. Bush Institute to examine key elements of high-quality exams ..
the74million.org/beyond-the-sca…

Holly Kuzmich [was] executive director of the George W. Bush Institute [until Oct 2022]

Now Managing Director , Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation

Replaced by David Kramer > McCain Institute
bushcenter.org/newsroom/the-g…

foxnews.com/politics/mccai…

"Devin Nunes issued subpoena to David Kramer, who, in late November 2016, traveled to London to receive briefing and a copy of the dossier from its author, British spy Christopher Steele. Kramer returned to U.S. to give the document to Sen. John McCain"

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The Future of Education with Gov. Jeb Bush & Sec. Margaret Spellings

bushcenter.org/events-and-exh…

"The panel will also acknowledge the 20th anniversary of No Child Left Behind and the impact of President Bush’s landmark, bipartisan education law."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_…

Spellings served on the board of directors for the Apollo Group, the parent company of the for-profit University of Phoenix, which paid her more than $300,000

> affiliated with Apollo Global Management, LLC

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Spellings was one of the principal proponents of the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act washingtonlife.com/issues/septemb…

2006 : After light hors d'oeuvres, guests listened as Donna Edwards spoke about Internet freedom, fully funding the No Child Left Behind Act

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The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) can be considered a precursor to Common Core.

findlaw.com/education/curr…

the NCLB implemented standardized testing in several K-12 grades

SLDS – George W. Bush Institute
pipeline.bushcenter.org/slds

The SLDS measure grades states in four areas.. These four areas are adapted from Data Quality Campaign’s report Time to Act: Making Data Work for Students.

dataqualitycampaign.org/resource/time-…

In December 2021, the Governing Board selected Mary Ann Bates to serve as the Executive Director for the Office of Cradle-to-Career Data
c2c.ca.gov/data-system-le…

edsource.org/updates/mary-a…

Bates was previously the executive director and founding deputy director of Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab

Prince Andrew infamously partied on Jameel’s yacht during the 2011 London riots

Abdul Latif Jameel is in Epstein's little black book

His son Hassan Jameel 'dated' Rihanna

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dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4…
Jameel's uncle Youssef once abducted his nine-year-old daughter and took her to Saudi Arabia
His British wife Carole Bailey sought diplomatic help to get daughter Sara home

"Yousef Jameel, a former well known playboy in the 1980s at London casinos"

So, what's Yousef doing these days?

cambridgetrust.org/partners/youse…

Yousef Jameel is a partner with the Cambridge Trust - Cambridge University

As Patron of the Cambridge Commonwealth, European & International Trust, The former Prince of Wales maintained his longstanding connection with Cambridge.

His Majesty King Charles III attended the University of Cambridge to read Archaeology & Anthropology
cambridgetrust.org/about/patron/

The Prince of Wales presents Honorary Knighthood to Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel
alj.com/en/news/prince…

Mr Jameel has worked with MIT to establish the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) and the Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab (J-WAFS)

C2C - Cradle to Career System
c2c.ca.gov/data-tools-adv…

Data & Tools Advisory Board Members :
Regan Foust, The Children’s Data Network at the University of Southern California

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

> Annie E. Casey Foundation

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