Melinda Gates

Everybody wants to become rich; in fact, not everyone is rich. Some people are born under a rich family, but some are not. The one of the economic problems that America has is that there is a huge the difference between the average income of the top 1% of the population and the average income of the rest of the population. What can be done to minimize the gap between two groups? The solution is the rich people; they should not hold on to their wealth, but they should contribute part of their…

Raising Women’s Voices-NY  New York, NY  09/2015-Present A national initiative working to ensure that the health care needs of women, LGBT individuals and their families are addressed as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is implemented. Policy Intern Assist senior staff in conducting research and analysis on model federal and state health policies implementing the ACA. Support the organization’s health literacy initiative, which is helping newly-enrolled women learn how to effectively use…

Canada's Lorne Michaels, Frank Gehry receive Presidential Medal of Freedom WASHINGTON — The Canadian Press Published Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016 4:05PM EST Last updated Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016 5:16PM EST 0 Comments 5 5 0 AA Barack Obama expressed praise for the individual work of Frank Gehry and Lorne Michaels on Tuesday as he presented the Canadians with America’s highest civilian honour: the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Toronto natives were among 21 new honourees recognized by the…

students develop self-evaluations. Mooney believes that this could be a problem. Mooney explains that there are different ways to evaluate teachers according to the Measures for Effective Teaching, which is a research project conducted by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The MET study shows that both student achievement and classroom observation plays a role in the judging…

What is the rationale behind social entrepreneurship? Is it to gain recognition for the business in order to generate more profit, or is the main focus creating social value within the community? The aim of this essay is to address the question stated above by analyzing the role of social entrepreneurs and their motives behind choosing that particular entrepreneurial type, in South Africa (a developing country according to the United Nations Statistics, 2017) with the exception of one or two…

Through the new technologies that are advancing daily, education can be provided to the poorer countries putting them on the right path hopefully to success. Bill Gates stated, “Students in rural communities have access to more educational resources than ever, thanks to teachers empowered by tablet devices”(Gates, Bill and Melinda 21). With teachers in less fortunate countries having the technologies that other countries have, they can now start to model their education after the…

not a part of other national education standards, Common Core education Standards (CCS) are a topic that has been discussed repeatedly. Common Core. It is a voluntary set of education standards for English reading and Math. There were Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, National Governors Association and the state school officer’s council behind development of these standards. At present forty four states and District of Columbia are signed on with the program. But several states…

Malala Yousafzai is a young woman who is an educational advocate for girls. Since women in Pakistan do not have equal rights, the Taliban issued a death threat against her for standing up for equality for women. Since Yousafzai is an educational advocate, she went to school, and on her way home from school one day she was shot by a gunman. She survived the shooting and eventually went on to win the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize and promote the importance of women’s education. Although Yousafzai does…

prevents people with malaria from spreading it to the mosquitoes that bite them, a single-dose cure that clears the parasite completely out of people’s bodies, and a diagnostic test that can reveal right away whether a person is infected” (Gates, Bill and Melinda 8). With the improvement of technology, we are able to control the spread of malaria. Along with all the different type of vaccines, it’s making a huge difference between all of the deadly diseases slowly taking over these…

think a formal education is not fully guarantee for lifelong employment. Liberal art education definitely gives them an intellectual empowerment but less ties with economic advertisement. People start to think that community college is no longer the gate way of “American dream” for not only to low income and minority students but also majority citizens due to high tuition costs, burden of student loan debt, and tough job market; therefore, institution is more geared to promote high demand degree…