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"… n we started funding, we hoped it would spread more readily," acknowledged Vicki Phillips, the director of K through 12 education at Bill and Melinda Gates' foundat …"

"… sion than not between charter schools and regular schools,” acknowledged Vicki Phillips, the Gates education director.Michael Dell's family foundation, too, place …"