Obama, Melinda Gates to visit TechBoston Academy

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Posted by Glen Johnson March 3, 2011 03:03 PM
By Glen Johnson, Globe Staff

President Obama, joined by Melinda Gates and Education Secretary Arne Duncan, will visit TechBoston Academy in Dorchester when he comes to Boston on Tuesday.

A White House official said the visit will build on the president's State of the Union call for America to be better educated than the nation's competitors and "win the future."

The official said Obama "will discuss the shared responsibility that government, businesses, philanthropists, and communities have to promote innovative education strategies that will prepare American students to compete in a 21st century economy."

TechBoston Academy was founded in 2002 with the support of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. It offers its students in grades 6-12 a college preparatory curriculum.

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http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2011/03/obama_melinda_g.html

Remind me, What qualifications does Mrs. Gates have to be an education expert?

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1. She's married to a really rich guy.

That's all the qualification you need these days.