James D. Watson: The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA
Gary Marcus: Kluge: The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind
Bhante H. Gunaratana: Mindfulness in Plain English, Updated and Expanded Edition
Andrew Robinson: The Man Who Deciphered Linear B: The Story of Michael Ventris
« Learning Russian, Part 1 | Main | New Venture, Part 1 »
According to this article, schools accepting donations from the Gates foundation are having a hard time converting into a group of smaller schools . The foundation has earmarked around $1 billion for education reform, and is expected to commit at least another $1 billion in the future.
I think the idea is a sound one, although it might be easier to build smaller schools from scratch instead of converting existing ones.
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/37578/2864764
Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Rocky start for Gates Foundation School Reform:
Destiny is my science fiction movie about the future of humanity. It's an epic, similar in breadth and scope to 2001: A Space Odyssey.
To see the 18 minute video, click on the graphic below.
...kind of like converting the Kremlin into Wall Street...
Posted by: David Bueche | Jul 22, 2005 at 07:22 AM
You're right. Breaking up buidings that are not laid out for multiple, distinct goups inside them is a thankless task. New, small schools in proper facilities are much easier.
Posted by: Tom Hoffman | Jul 29, 2005 at 01:49 PM