By Ben Zeisloft
The Gates Foundation gave Brown University nearly $1 million to fund a tutoring program embracing the concepts of “implicit bias,” “systemic racism,” and “privilege.”
The Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University received $999,260 from the Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates’ nonprofit in May. The funds are designate for the university’s National Student Support Accelerator initiative.
Brown University announced the National Student Support Accelerator in November 2020 as a toolkit for K-12 tutoring during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Among the toolkit’s guidelines are suggested criteria for tutors’ comprehension of systemic racism and antiracist theory. The document states that tutor “candidate pool[s] should reflect the backgrounds of the students being served” as well as an “acknowledgement of intrinsic bias” among hired tutors.
The Gates Foundation is active in supporting campus initiatives with social justice bents.
For instance, the organization gave $1 million to “A Pathway to Equitable Instruction” — an initiative from several universities and local governments to address “barriers to math equity” by offering resources to “develop an anti-racist math practice.”
Likewise, the Gates Foundation gave American University $150,000 to create “antiracist” learning environments across the United States.
The Gates Foundation has also extensively funded teacher’s unions and left-leaning think tanks such as the Center for American Progress.
Originally published by Campus Reform. Republished with permission.
