Gates & Zuckerberg Partner-What Could Go Wrong?

BIG PHILANTHROPIES EXPLORE NEW INVESTMENTS IN THE SCIENCE OF LEARNING: The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation signaled interest this week in funding research to improve student outcomes in writing, math and executive function. Through a request for information  PostedTuesday, the philanthropies are seeking “promising ideas” on the way students learn – ideas that could guide research and quickly become tools and resources to improve student outcomes. The RFI won’t immediately lead to funding, but will inform a pilot project around the concept.

– “The truth is that we need to dramatically accelerate learning, and to do that, we need to understand it more deeply,” Wrote  Jim Shelton and Bob Hughes, who lead K-12 education efforts at CZI and the Gates Foundation, respectively.

And from Truth in American Education:

The Associated Press reports that Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg will team up for an education initiative focused on kids who have trouble learning. What could possibly go wrong? The AP’s Sally Ho writes: Tech moguls Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday they will team up to help develop new methods for kids with…

via Gates and Zuckerberg Partner on New Ed Project, What Could Go Wrong? — Truth in American Education