By Mark Trumbull | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
In 2001, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation launched an ambitious program to remake high school education, and help more kids go to college, in their home state of Washington.
After pouring $134 million into the effort, the foundation has achieved results but also learned hard lessons. Twelve test-bed high schools have redesigned themselves into 'small learning communities.' About 2,500 low-income students are in college on foundation-provided scholarships."
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