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For Students at Risk, Early College Proves a Draw

Early-college schools, once for the affluent and overachieving, are serving more low-income students.

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Gates Foundation to Double Spending on Vaccines

Bill Gates calculated that the increased money could save the lives of as many as eight million children by 2020.

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Texas Shuts Door on Millions in Education Grants

Texas has opted out of the competition for a $700 million Race to the Top federal education grant, calling the program an intrusion on states’ control over education.

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After Son’s Suicide, Mother Again Channels Grief Into Action

For Esmeralda Williamson-Noble, the suicide of her 20-year-old son resurrected emotions she experienced 14 years ago when another of her sons died of SIDS.

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Gateses Give $290 Million for Education

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a donation of $290 million to support groups working to transform how teachers are evaluated and how they get tenure.

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After Complaints, Gates Foundation Opens Education Aid Offer to All States

The foundation will help any state that shares its goals to compete for a share of a $4 billion previous prize, expanding from the 15 originally hand-picked to receive grant-writing aid.

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From U.S. to Africa, With a Fortune and a Tractor

The making of Howard G. Buffett, the son of Warren E. Buffett, into a philanthropist is an American tale of wealth and conscience passed on to a second generation.

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Peering at the Future

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation recognizes what some Americans do not: the importance of education as the pathway to personal and societal success.

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Gates’s Charity Races to Spend Buffett Billions

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is facing an unparalleled challenge: how to give away more money than it ever has before.

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2 Foundations Join in Africa Agriculture Push

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will team with the Rockefeller Foundation to increase agricultural productivity in Africa.

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