This article discusses how the philanthropy of Microsoft Corp software magnate co-chairs, Bill Gates and his wife Melinda, are reshaping the American high school nowadays. Gates and his wife have put the issue on the national agenda like never before, with a commitment of more than 1.3 billion US dollars this decade toward the foundation's agenda for improving high schools. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has become strategic about expanding its reach as it now touches on virtually all the key levers in K-12 education, from schools and districts, to states, and even the federal government.