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Article: Gates Gives $31 Million for Schools.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- February 26, 2003
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By Linda Shaw, The Seattle Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Feb. 26--The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced $31 million in grants for what has become the singular focus of its education efforts: small high schools.
This time, the world's largest philanthropy gave grants to nine organizations to help them create a new breed of alternative high schools, the places students often go when they've left "regular" schools.
The idea is to create a network of 168 schools, possibly including two private schools in Washington state, that would combine the supportive environment of many alternative schools with high ...
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