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COVER STORY Is Bill Gates a Good School Leader? His report card looks good
in many lights: Since its formal foray into edu- cation in 2000, the Bill
and Melinda Gates Foundation has seen many of the schools it supports
surpass district-wide student performances. In 2006, the New York City
Department of Education announced that the 15 new small schools it opened
with the foundation's funds reached a 73 percent graduation rate. The
facilities these schools replaced had 31 to 51 percent graduation numbers.
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