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LAUSD Unveils Major Plan To Improve Academic Achievement in Low-Performing High Schools
Stephanie BradyLos Angeles Unified School DistrictPhone: 213.241.7000Email: [email protected] LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, today announced that…
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Ambitious Partnership Fuels Effort to Equip Oregon High School Students for College, Work, and Citizenship
Doug Stamm The Meyer Memorial TrustPhone: 503.228.5512 Email: [email protected] PORTLAND, Ore. — Building on Oregon’s small high school initiative launched in 2003, Governor Ted Kulongoski, State Schools Superintendent Susan Castillo, and…
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Gates Foundation Commits $258.3 Million for Malaria Research and Development
Bill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: +1.206.709.3400Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced three grants totaling $258.3 million for advanced development of a malaria vaccine, new drugs, and…
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Atlanta Public School District Launches Ambitious Effort to Focus on Preparing All Students for High School Graduation and College
Karen MillerJoe MangunoAtlanta Public SchoolsPhone: 404.802.2809 ATLANTA — The Atlanta Public Schools (APS) announced today a $1.4 million investment from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support its effort to…
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Expanded Effort Recognizes All Students Should Be Prepared for College
Barbara SemedoBill & Melinda Gates FoundationPhone: 206.709.3400Email: [email protected] SEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and its partners today announced Washington state investments of more than $16.8 million to unite…
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New Emergency Immunization Plan Launched to Protect Horn of Africa, as Polio Is Confirmed in Somalia
Oliver Rosenbauer, WHO/GenevaPhone: +41.22.791.3832 Vivian Fiore, Rotary Int’ l/ChicagoPhone: 847.866.3234 Steve Stewart, CDC/AtlantaPhone: 404.639.8327 Claire Hajaj, UNICEF/New YorkPhone: 646.331.4547 GENEVA — The Global Polio Eradication Initiative—spearheaded by the World Health…
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Statement by Bill Gates on the Launch of the International Finance Facility for Immunization
Jenny SorensenPhone: +1.206.709.3400Email: [email protected] SEATTLE – Bill Gates issued the following statement in response to today’s announcement that the governments of the U.K., France, Italy, Spain, and Sweden have pledged…
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Johns Hopkins Affiliate JHPIEGO receives $914,000 for Cervical Cancer Prevention – Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Leslie GianelliPhone: 410.537.1808 BALTIMORE — JHPIEGO, an international health affiliate of The Johns Hopkins University, has received a two-year award of more than $914,000 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation…
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Sabin Vaccine Institute Receives $150,000 Grant to Strategize for Introduction and Sustainable Use of Vaccines in Developing Countries
WASHINGTON — The Albert B. Sabin Vaccine Institute (SVI), a leader in promoting the development and use of safe and effective vaccines to prevent disease, announced receipt of a grant…
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Bangladeshi Organization Receives Award for Using Traditional Boats and River Networks to Deliver Access to Information Technology
Alice BishopCouncil on Library and Information ResourcesPhone: +1.202.939.4763 OSLO, Norway — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today presented its 2005 Access to Learning Award of $1 million to Shidhulai Swanirvar…
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