Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• New education strategies endorsed

  September 15, 2011 in Business on Page A8 The challenge of preparing workers for jobs 20 to 40 years from now requires a “blended” approach combining technology and hands-on involvement by innovative teachers, says Mark David Milliron, an …

• Gates Foundation pledges $500M toward poor savings

  November 16, 2010 in Region The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a $500 million pledge today to support projects that encourage poor people around the world to save money. 4

• School health clinics subject of grant award

  September 3, 2010 in City on Page A7 Communities in Schools has received a $50,000 grant from the Gates Foundation to research opening a school-based health clinic.

• Web usage up at libraries

  March 26, 2010 in City on Page A5 A new University of Washington study confirms why library computers in the Inland Northwest are always busy. A third of Americans 14 and older – about 77 million people nationwide …

• UW study: Third of Americans use library computers

  March 25, 2010 in Nation/World, City, Region A new University of Washington study confirms why library computers in the Inland Northwest are always busy. 4

• Middle schools subject of study

    November 21, 2009 in City on Page B1 Making middle school a better experience for Spokane students is one way to boost the high school graduation rate, which has slipped to 61 percent in Spokane Public Schools, a … 1

• Gates says foundation will boost spending in 2009

  January 26, 2009 in Business, Region The assets of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation lost 20 percent of their value in 2008. But Bill Gates says the foundation will increase its giving in 2009 instead …

• Getting kids ready for school

  September 19, 2008 in City on Page B1 The first Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant to Spokane County United Way will put $1 million toward a collaborative effort to prepare children for school. The three-year grant will …