Blackonomics: Bill Gates - The real education czar

From: New York Beacon, The | Date: October 9, 2003| Author: Clingman, James | Copyright information


New York Beacon, The

10-09-2003

Bill Gates recently announced a $51.2 million donation from the Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation to help start 67 small high schools in New York
City. The grants will go to seven non-profit organizations that work with
New York City's public school system.

Gates pointed to dismally low graduation rates as evidence of the failure
of traditional high schools, a problem that is even worse among poor, Black
and o...

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