Topic: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
AP News | 2010-03-03 04:00:59
Survey: American teachers more interested in school reform and student achievement than raises
U.S. teachers are more interested in school reform and student achievement than their paychecks, according to a massive new survey. The survey of 40,090 K-12 teachers — including 15,038 by telephone — was likely the largest national survey of teachers ever completed and includes the opinions ...
AP News | 2010-02-23 14:59:25
Univision and the Obama administration join forces to improve Hispanic academic achievement
Univision has kicked off a multiyear, multimillion dollar campaign to boost academic achievement among Hispanics in the United States. The Spanish-language network unveiled its "The Moment is Now" campaign Tuesday in partnership with the federal government and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The goal is to help ...
AP Features | 2010-02-15 19:05:04
<div><p>The most powerful force against AIDS in Africa may be circumcision, a procedure that's easily done in the developed world. But it's a challenge on a continent where there are too few medical workers and a reluctance by men for cultural reasons and fear of pain.</p><p> ...
AP News | 2010-01-29 18:04:45
<div id="subtitle">Gates: Foundation will give $10 billion to research, deliver vaccines for world's poor</div><div><p>The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will donate $10 billion over the next decade to research new vaccines and bring them to the world's poorest countries, the Microsoft co-founder and his ...
