Gates Aids Alma Mater

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Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates has given $40 million to Lakeside School in Seattle, the private school he graduated from in 1973. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s donation is the largest in the history of the independent school, which serves 773 students in grades 5-12.

Mary Ann Zehr

Mary Ann Zehr was an assistant editor for Education Week. Her beats included English-language learners, bilingual education, immigrants, dropouts, achievement-gap issues, and charter and private schools. She was the author of the blog Learning the Language.

A version of this article appeared in the October 05, 2005 edition of Education Week