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Authors / Biography

Allan Golston

Title President, United States Program
Organization Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

As president of the United States Program, Allan Golston leads the foundation’s efforts to reduce inequities and increase access to opportunities for low-income and disadvantaged Americans. He oversees our U.S. Program’s major areas of grantmaking—U.S. Education, U.S. Libraries, Pacific Northwest, Special Initiatives, and Advocacy.

Posts By Allan Golston

A Meeting of the Minds: Equity in Public Education

Our education system is failing the most vulnerable in society—children of color who grow up poor. The imbalance and inequities in public education that have existed for too long are still at work in communities of color.

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Teachers Gather in New York to Talk Education and Evaluations

The foundation strongly believes that while teachers are central to the success of their students, they can’t do it alone.

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Public Shaming of Teachers Will Not Improve Our Schools

In today's New York Times, Bill Gates takes a firm stand against the practice of releasing individual teacher evaluation scores to the public.

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Education as a Civil Right

Right now, our education system is falling short wherever poverty is pervasive and children of color are concentrated.

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King County’s One Night Count and the Invisible Families Left Behind

Last Friday, while much of the city was asleep, nearly 900 volunteers showed up, coffee in hand and ready to scan the streets, hop on buses, and walk down alleys—tallying the number of men, women, and children living outside on a winter night.

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