Oprah on Education: What Bill & Melinda Gates Want You To Know

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t’s their first interview together…Bill and Melinda Gates. What they want you to know. Then, Lisa Ling investigates America’s silent epidemic. And, what Anderson Cooper uncovered just minutes from the White House. Why Oprah is shocked, and you will be, too!

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One response to “Oprah on Education: What Bill & Melinda Gates Want You To Know”

Donna Astfalk says:

April 12, 2006 at 9:03 am

Time Magazine April 17 cover story “Dropout Nation” covers the Gates Foundation report. The magazine addresses “just how few dropouts report being overwhelmed academically. Fully 88% said they had passing grades in high school. Asked to name the reasons they had left school, more respondents named boredom than struggles with course work.”
This seems consistent with other research cited on this blog about the high potential achievement capability of Madison’s drop outs and minority population, and the notion that they could benefit from opportunities for diversified and advanced curriculum challenges, along with the proper school and community supports.