How state budgets are breaking US schools | Bill Gates

http://www.ted.com America's school systems are funded by the 50 states. In this fiery talk, Bill Gates says that state budgets are riddled with accounting tricks that disguise the true cost of health care and pensions and weighted with worsening deficits -- with the financing of education at the losing end. Follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/tednews  Checkout our Facebook page for TED exclusives at https://www.facebook.com/TED

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Duration

Duration minutes: 10

Duration seconds: 47