In un gratuito slancio filantropico – “I have a dream!” – quest’estate avevo risposto alla domanda “cosa faresti con i 100 milioni del Superenalotto?” sostenendo che avrei aperto una scuola.
Poi non ho vinto.
Per fortuna che ci sono i coniugi Gates.

Three school districts and a coalition of charter schools have agreed to be test kitchens for some radical ideas for improving teacher quality _ from paying new teachers to spend another year practicing before getting their own class to letting student test scores affect teacher pay. In exchange, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is handing them the biggest pile of cash it has spent on education reform in about a decade. The foundation announced $290 million in grants to the four groups on Thursday, plus another $45 million for education research aimed at uncovering what exactly is an effective teacher. The grants include $100 million to Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa, Fla., $90 million to Memphis City Schools, $60 million to a coalition of charter school organizations in Los Angeles, and $40 million to Pittsburgh Public Schools.