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$150 Million--What kind of Core support do these grants buy from orgs that receive them?
Gates Gives $150 Million in Grants for Common Core, Valerie Strauss, Washington Post
Interest in ed investments exploded recently, growing 80% since 2005 to $632M in 2012.
NewSchool Venture Fund Partners with Rethink Ed Fund, Motoko Rich, New York Times
What kind of stake do the world’s richest business magnates have in education?
How 6 Billionaires Are Changing Education, Roger Riddell, edudemic
Gates Foundation funded group tracks adaptive vendors & what their offerings can & can’t do.
Adaptive Learning Is Hot, Paul Fain, Giftus Education Group
70+ adaptive learning vendors working to help college leaders decide what they need.
Gates Foundation Helps Colleges Keep Tabs with Adaptive Learning Tech, Paul Fain, IHE
Opinions: Philanthropies are plutocratic by nature. Can they be justified in a democracy?
Forum: What Are Foundations For?, Rob Reich, Boston Review
Filmmaker Lesley Chilcott says "8.4 million people have seen the film. In 72 hours!"
Going Viral: Campaign for Schools to Teach Code, Sanjiv Bhattachrya, DameMagazine
Not “funky” “eccentric” or “offbeat” weird, but “strangely unsettling” & “disconcerting” weird.
The Weirdness of SXSWedu, Audrey Watters, Hack Education
Summary of what he said about edtech costs, investment, startups and the role of data.
Bill Gates at SXSWedu: The Future of Education is Data, Frank Catalano, GeekWire
No Bubble. At SXSWedu, Gates said investment in the sector is “absolutely not” enough.
Bill Gates: Education Needs More Than 1% R&D Spending, Ki Mae Heussner, GigaOM
Invest in access, outcomes, cost-cutting, but don't forget non-screen learning.
What's Missing From The New Digital Classroom? Sarah Rotman Epps, ReadWrite
70 percent of American eighth graders don’t read or write at grade level...
Why We’re Investing $6 Million in Literacy Learning Technologies, Impatient Optimists
InBloom's mission: build an open source, cloud-based education data infrastructure.
Privacy, Transparency & Gates Foundation-Funded inBloom, Audrey Watters, Hack Education
The new nonprofit is the outgrowth of the Shared Learning Collaborative.
InBloom Launches with $100 Million from Gates, Carnegie, Ki Mae Heussner, GigaOM
This year, I focus on how we measure impact to improve the lives of the poorest.
My Annual Letter: How We Measure Impact to Improve Lives, Bill Gates, Impatient Optimists
The new nonprofit organization supports implementation of blended learning in school districts.
The Learning Accelerator Gets $750K Grant from Gates Foundation, Getting Smart
He asks: Is college worth it?
Bill Gates' PowerPoint on the College Crisis, Bill Gates, Education Leader News
15 Folks who will change everything, from the way we teach math to how we train teachers.
Impact 15: Classroom Revolutionaries, Caroline Howard, Forbes
Purpose is to reduce tension between districts & charters with $100K to share best practices.
7 Districts Split $25M in Gates Education Grants, Associated Press, WSJ
Cambridge company brings lesson plans & classroom materials online for K-12 educators.
BetterLesson Gets $3.5 Mllion from Gates Foundation, Scott Kirsner, Boston.com
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