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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Aug. 3, 2007

New School

Forum Column - By Areva D. Martin - A cadre of billionaire philanthropists is attempting to salvage the education of California's minority communities one charter school at a time.

FORUM COLUMN

By Areva D. Martin

      It's music to the ears of some families throughout Los Angeles County that billionaire Bill Gates, through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is making public education his business. Recent reports that the foundation has committed to funding at least 10 (and maybe more) new charter schools in the Los Angeles area may bode well for families whose children attend some of the poorest-pe...

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