When we invest in women and girls, we are investing in the people who invest in everyone else.
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Everyone agrees that the failure of our high schools is tragic. It's bad business, and it's bad policy. But we act as if it can't be helped. It can be helped. We designed these high schools; we can redesign them.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the necessity and possibility of reforming failing high schools.
Melinda Gates highlights the accepted notion that high school failures are an unfortunate reality, yet challenges us to reconsider this defeatist attitude. She asserts that since we have the power to create these institutions, we also possess the capability to change and improve them, urging us to take responsibility for educational reform rather than resigning to the status quo.
Themes
EducationReformHigh SchoolFailureResponsibility
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can inspire educators at a conference discussing educational reform.
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