Bill Gates gives $44M to influence state education reform

SEATTLE (AP) " Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates saw an opportunity with a new federal education law that has widespread repercussions for American classrooms.His non-profit, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has given about $44 million to outside groups over the past two years to help shape new state education plans required under the 2015 law, according to an Associated Press analysis of its grant database.The grants illustrate how strategic and immersive the Microsoft [...]


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