Who are you to say what charitable cause a private citizen spends their money on? Do you want to complain that Bill Gates spends money trying to cure malaria rather than remove trash from the ocean too?

no but i'll absolutely complain about the way the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation has changed the school system in the US.

I'm not familiar with their influence, but I'd love to learn about it! Please link me to more details.

Here’s one overview: http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-gates-educat...

Common Core specific: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-bill-gates-pulle...

they are entirely responsible for common core, and teachers pay based on standardized tests.

Lebron James has to fix all the ills in American society? Hmm I wonder why this country can't get anything productive done...

You have people pouring money into the school system, and the OP says it's in the wrong spot, and then the next poster asks, but who will fund that? clearly take money from one, put it in the other if that's the solution.

Why are they insane?

Common core and teachers wages dependent on standardized testing is nuts.

Do america's teacher wage depends on the child result to a standardized test?

No, they're exaggerating. Some school funds are dependent on testing results. The better a school performs, the more funding they get from federal programs (some, not all). To say that teachers' wages are dependent on the results of these tests is just disingenuous.

in most states now yes. all because of bill gates.