A Quote by Melinda Gates

Kids are falling through the cracks and nobody notices it. That to me is what's wrong with the school system.

Melinda Gates

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Cracks Falling Kids Me Nobody Notices School School System System Through Wrong

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Melinda Gates
American - Philanthropist
Born: August 15, 1964

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