Like many others, I have deep misgivings about the state of education in the United States. Too many of our students fail… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
My parents are very successful, and I went to the nicest private school in the Seattle area. I was lucky. But I… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
What's amazing is, if young people understood how doing well in school makes the rest of their life so much interesting, they… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
My dream is that every child has enough food to eat, good medical care, and the chance to go to school and… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Americans want students to get the best education possible. We want schools to prepare children to become good citizens and members of… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
The only role other than paying their taxes, whatever those are, the only role for philanthropy broadly - of which the rich… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
By 2018, an estimated 63 percent of all new U.S. jobs will require workers with an education beyond high school. For our… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
America's high schools are obsolete. By obsolete, I don't just mean that they're broken, flawed, or underfunded, though a case could be… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Our current expectations for what our students should learn in school were set fifty years ago to meet the needs of an… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If empathy channels our optimism, we will see the empathy and the diseases and the poor school. We will answer with our… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools they have abolished failing grades… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Living on $6 a day means you have a refrigerator, a TV, a cell phone, your children can go to school. That's… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I went to a public school through sixth grade, and being good at tests wasn't cool. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Research shows that there is only half as much variation in student achievement between schools as there is among classrooms in the… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Training the workforce of tomorrow with today's high schools is like trying to teach kids about today's computers on a 50-year-old mainframe. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time someone made fun of me in high school-oh wait, I do! — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Even though I only have a high-school degree, I'm a professional student. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
If you’re a person struggling to eat and stay healthy you might have heard about Michael Jordan or Muhammad Ali, but you’ll never have… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Understanding science and pushing the boundaries of science is what makes me immensely satisfied. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
We're focused on providing innovations in software, driving the continuous improvement for a much better experience, and there's a lot going on here that… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Paper is no longer a big part of my day. I get 90% of my news online, and when I go to a meeting… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Software will get to be somewhat more mature, ah, but it will never be as predictable as most areas of engineering. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Students deserve great teachers. And teachers deserve the support they need to become great. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Like many others, I have deep misgivings about the state of education in the United States. Too many of our students fail to graduate… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Over time, yes, countries will need to look at specific GMO products like they look at drugs today, where they don't approve them all.… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Competition is always a fantastic thing, and the computer industry is intensely competitive. — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
I don't think there's anything unique about human intellience. All the nuerons in the brain that make up perceptions and emotions operate in a… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
