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Posted 04.08.2013 | Comedy
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Bill Gates is willing to dish out $100,000 to anyone who can invent a better way to apply condoms, and slingshot master Joerg Sprave is willing to ans...

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My Thank You Letter to Bill Gates... and Why It Pertains to You

Edward Muzio | Posted 05.08.2013 | Business
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Edward Muzio

Your life was almost certainly made better by a supervisor, manager, or leader along the way -- probably by many more than one. If you get the opportunity, say thanks. It's a great way to encourage more of what we really need: good leadership and management at all levels.

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Ed Today: Bill Gates's Education Philanthropy Over Time; New York City Parents Sue Over School Funding

Joy Resmovits | Posted 04.07.2013 | Politics
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Joy Resmovits

Gates's Gigantic Growth? Michigan State University Professor Sarah Reckhow takes a look at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's funding patterns over on Alexander Russo's blog. "The decade from 2000 to 2010 was a time of enormous growth and evolution for the Gates Foundation," Reckhow writes. "Warren Buffett's pledge of more than $30 billion substantially increased the Gates Foundation's resources, and grant-making more than doubled from 2005 to 2009. Even more marked are the Foundation's dramatically shifted priorities." Over the years, Gates has shifted its money from directly funding schools to instead subsidizing research, advocacy and activism.

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The Narcissism of School 'Reform'

John Thompson | Posted 03.19.2013 | Home
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John Thompson

This week, two icons of the contemporary school "reform" -- the Gates Foundation and Michelle Rhee -- illustrated the movement's essence. And it wasn't pretty. They exemplify the late Christopher Lasch's concept of the "culture of narcissism."

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Books Or Food: Which One Will Put An End To Poverty?

Neil Parmar | Posted 12.14.2012 | Impact
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Neil Parmar

If you set out to help eradicate poverty, what would be your weapon of choice: more access to books or food? Raju Agarwal pondered what his arsenal ...

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The Big Push

Arianna Huffington | Posted 11.24.2012 | Impact
Read More: Malaria, HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, The Global Fund, Big-Push, Millennium Development Goals, Aids, Bill Gates Foundation, Impact News
Arianna Huffington

Here's a thought exercise: what will the day be like when we finally defeat AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria? With the launch today of The Big Push campaign this might be more than a thought exercise.

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Leave No Teacher Behind

Freddie Gershon | Posted 10.13.2012 | Home
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Freddie Gershon

Before the children can give us a new future/a new America in a contemporary globally competitive world, we have to have quality teachers.

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Warren Buffett Gives Huge Donation To Bill Gates Foundation

Posted 07.10.2012 | Impact
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UPDATED: June 10, 2012; 9:13 a.m. EST Warren Buffett is continuing to make good on his promise to donate most of his $44.1 billion to charity. ...

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Bill Gates Answers Questions From Arianna And Readers In Exclusive Q&A

Posted 02.02.2012 | Impact
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If you could ask billionaire and activist Bill Gates one question, what would it be? Gates answered questions from HuffPost readers and Arianna Huf...

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The Costs and the Lost Benefits of Graduation Exams

John Thompson | Posted 08.09.2012 | Home
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John Thompson

Most educators already know that we should be teaching analysis, synthesis, and problem-solving, so perhaps our experiment with graduation exams will prompt us to follow the path we always knew we should be taking.

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WATCH: Matt Damon Talks Sh*t For Global Sanitation Awareness

Posted 11.15.2011 | Impact
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Though you may not have marked it on your calendars, World Toilet Day is coming up this Saturday. And Matt Damon has something explicit to say about i...

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Bill Gates Wins World Food Program Award, Urges Rich Donors To 'Wake Up'

Posted 12.24.2011 | Impact
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Bill Gates' efforts to fight hunger earned him a World Food Program award Monday, but the billionaire philanthropist isn't feeling complacent. He urge...

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Bill Gates's Plan For Raising Money For Poorer Nations

Posted 11.23.2011 | Business
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A report by Microsoft founder Bill Gates to Group of 20 ministers on Friday proposes raising new funding for poorer countri...

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Watch: Vaccine Summit Raises $4.3 Billion

Posted 08.15.2011 | Impact
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WATCH: Bill Gates Pledges $1 Billion For Vaccine Equality

Posted 08.14.2011 | Impact
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Bill Gates said he's committed to making sure that the poorest children have the same access to needed vaccines as their wealthy counterparts. The ...

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5 Facts You Didn't Know About Billionaire Bill Gates

Posted 08.13.2011 | Technology
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You might have heard that Bill Gates and Bono are buddies -- the two philanthropists, along with Melinda Gates, were named Time's 2005 persons of the ...

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Polio's Last Mile

Tom Murphy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
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Tom Murphy

Nobody seems to be saying that polio eradication isn't possible, but the tricky part is the last mile.

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Gates, Buffett Ask India's Big Shots To Chip In On Polio Eradication

Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
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Over the next six months, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett will travel to to India to ask top business officials to ante up to end polio. Gates highlig...

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Educating for Democracy: Looking for Education 'Reform'? Follow the Money

Joel Shatzky | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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Joel Shatzky

Joanne Barkan demonstrates how most of the "reforms" advanced by these groups have proven to be ineffective, if not harmful, to public education.

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When The Rich Give, You Can Stand Up and Take a Bow

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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Julia Moulden

Every time someone with lots of money gives it away and gets a lot of attention as a result, I want you to stop what you're doing. Stand up. And bow. Because you made their largess possible.

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Rich Countries' Foreign Aid Generosity

Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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In his 2010 annual letter on behalf of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Microsoft-founder BIll Gates outlined the challenges facing foreign aid ...

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