• After trying everything to increase graduation rates, this college is cutting back

    After trying everything to increase graduation rates, this college is cutting back

    Aug 20, 2015 09:20 PM EST

    ... and overarching strategy. Related: A Texas-sized experiment is personalizing remedial math education “They’re doing everything,” said Mark Milliron, a former official with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and president of WGU Texas. Milliron is a co-founder and chief learning officer at Civitas Learning, a student-success oriented ...

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    Melinda Gates on the Importance of Evaluations in Shaping Effective Teachers

    Jun 04, 2012 10:29 PM EST

    ... billion on U.S. That has placed the foundation at the center of many debates in education, including smaller schools, testing and teacher evaluation. Melinda Gates, thanks so much for joining us. MELINDA GATES, co-founder, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: Thanks for having me. HARI SREENIVASAN: So we just ...

  • Investment in Africa needed to keep extreme poverty on the wane, Bill and Melinda Gates say

    Investment in Africa needed to keep extreme poverty on the wane, Bill and Melinda Gates say

    Sep 18, 2018 10:25 PM EST

    And so going out to these schools, you can see teachers care. They want to find out which kids are not making progress and have resources and interventions that can work for those kids. So, we're hoping to see the same type of dramatic improvement in education that we ...

  • Melinda French Gates' Brief But Spectacular take on making birth safer for moms and babies

    Melinda French Gates' Brief But Spectacular take on making birth safer for moms and babies

    Oct 17, 2023 10:25 PM EST

    ... on maternal mortality and offered several interventions it says could save the lives of two million mothers and babies by 2030. Here is Melinda French Gates' take on prioritizing and investing in women's health. And a note that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is a funder of the ...

  • For widows in Africa, COVID-19 stole husbands, homes, future

    For widows in Africa, COVID-19 stole husbands, homes, future

    May 10, 2022 05:35 PM EST

    ... on how the pandemic is impacting women in Africa, most acutely in the least developed countries. The Associated Press series is funded by the European Journalism Centre’s European Development Journalism Grants program, which is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The AP is responsible for all content.

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    Nicaragua Combats Pneumonia in Country's Young Via New Vaccine

    Nov 11, 2011 11:45 PM EST

    ... The unusual pharmaceutical deal was brokered by the Global Alliance for Vaccines And Immunization, now known simply as GAVI. The GAVI Alliance, which includes the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, also a NewsHour funder, donated $1.5 billion. Without that cash, new vaccines do eventually make it to the poorest ...

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    AIDS in Africa

    Jul 10, 2003 04:00 AM EST

    ... of the program that Botswana is one of the pilots, the pioneers in developing? CAESAR LEKOA: Yes, we are, through the partnership with MERCK and Bill and Melinda Gates. RAY SUAREZ: But I guess the money isn't there quite yet, Dr. Ramphele, to make that access to cheaper drugs ...

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    Bipartisan Immigration Plan Tweaked on Border Security

    May 10, 2013 01:10 PM EST

    Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, makes an opening statement Thursday before the Judiciary Committee. Photo by Douglas Graham/CQ Roll Call. Thirty-three amendments down. Only 267 more to go. The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday opened formal debate on the comprehensive immigration reform proposal crafted by a bipartisan group of eight senators, kicking off a process that...

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    Moore Movie Takes Aim at American Health Care

    Jun 29, 2007 08:53 PM EST

    Filmmaker Michael Moore's newest movie, "Sicko," opened in theaters nationwide Friday. NewsHour health correspondent Susan Dentzer reports on the film's criticism of the health care and insurance industries, and the debate it has sparked.

  • Senate Democrats stand united against GOP tax bill

    Senate Democrats stand united against GOP tax bill

    Dec 03, 2017 03:27 PM EST

    Rarely unified, Senate Democrats stood together in opposing the GOP revamp of the tax code.