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Bill Gates And His Silver Bullet - Forbes

Back in 2000, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation had a big idea about how to fix the problems of American education. Break up large high schools and turn them into small schools and "small learning communities" of 400 or fewer students. The ...

Gates Foundation aims higher than high school - Seattle Times

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation pledges to double the number of low-income students getting a degree or some type of certificate in higher education. The foundation's considerable wealth provides support to the notion that a high-school diploma ...

Bill Gates' New Education Plan - Forbes

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation summoned 130 or so education heavies (many of them grantees) to Seattle this week to attend the foundation's gala unveiling of its long-awaited education strategy, the culmination of an intense rethinking process ...

Does the Gates Foundation Have Too Much Influence on U.S. Education? - Chronicle of Philanthropy

As part of an announcement this week about changes in its education grant making, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is making efforts to be more open about its decisions. On Tuesday, the foundation said it is revamping its approach to improving ...

Pentagon to brief Obama team on key decisions - Seattle Post Intelligencer

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon will give President-elect Barack Obama's transition team a rundown of "key decision points" it will face in his first 90 days as commander in chief, a senior official said Thursday. Eric Edelman, the policy chief for ...

Who's in the running for Obama administration jobs - Seattle Times

It's Washington's favorite parlor game during a presidential transition: trying to figure out who'll land a top spot in the new administration. President-elect Barack Obama is weighing an array of Washington insiders and outsiders, including some ...

Wildfires destroy over 100 California homes - Seattle Post Intelligencer

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Firefighters were holding their own Friday against a wildfire that destroyed more than 100 homes in a wealthy, celebrity-studded enclave, but authorities warned that evening wind gusts could send the blaze on another ...