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Pee-Cycling: Bill Gates Is Getting Creative with Human Waste

The Gates Foundation is working on a whole bunch of uses for human waste, including feces microwaves. Can we get over the yuck factor?

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Five Categories Jeopardy! Should Avoid During Its "Teachers Tournament"

The popular quiz show wants to honor teachers. To help them out, here are five sensitive subjects the question writers should avoid.

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Your Favorite Public Education Reformer Probably Went to Private School

Many of today's prominent education reformers attended private school. Their policies for public schools are a far cry from that experience.

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PayPal Billionaire Peter Thiel Should Stop Telling College Students to Drop Out

Thiel's program to turn dropouts into tech entrepreneurs isn't just hypocritical, it's also irresponsible.

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The GOOD Vaccine Challenge: Winner Announced

Congratulations to Nadim Mahmud. His plan for a text message-based vaccination alert tool for India will get a $5,000 seed grant.

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The 400 Richest Americans Are Now Richer Than the Bottom 50 Percent Combined

The richest people in America command more wealth than entire cities combined.

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Bill Gates' Class Size Ideas Fuel Education Reform Debate Are Bigger Class Sizes The Answer? Leonie Haimson and Our Publisher Discuss on The Dylan Ratigan Show

With budget cuts come larger class sizes. Will more kids in a room keep teachers from being effective? The debate headed to the Dylan Ratigan Show.

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Arne Duncan's Against Seniority-Based Teacher Layoffs

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan wants to change the policy of firing the teachers who've been in the job for the shortest time first.

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The GOOD Vaccine Challenge Ideas Are In! Vote on Your Favorite.

We challenged members of the GOOD community to help get vaccines to the children who need them. See what they came up with.

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Can We Improve Education By Increasing Class Size?

Bill Gates says that smaller class sizes aren't necessarily the answer. How about we pilot his idea at private schools?

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Can a Facebook App Prevent College Dropouts? Bill Gates Thinks So

A new Facebook app plans to use campus community-building to keep students from dropping out.

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Gates and the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Pledge $100 Million for Vaccine Initiative

The money will go to stopping polio once and for all in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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Waiting for Superman Can Stop Waiting for Oscar

The Academy Awards dissed the biggest education documentary of 2010. What gives?

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Zuckerberg to Give Away Half His Wealth

The Facebook billionaire joins Gates and Buffet. Who else signed up today?