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Bill Gates: Selling Bad Advice to the Public Schools

Everyone agrees that American schools need help. But as Diane Ravitch argues, the fixes proposed by billionaire savior Bill Gates will only makes things worse.

Diane Ravitch
Diane Ravitch
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Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates poses on April 4, 2011 in Paris. (Photo: Miguel Medina, AFP / Getty Images)
Diane Ravitch

Diane Ravitch

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