Gates Gift Builds on ‘Excellence,’ Tech Access
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation unveiled a $350 million gift last week to finance four initiatives over three years to improve K-12 public and private schools nationally, with a special focus on Washington state.
The money will be used for professional development for principals, superintendents, and teachers, said Jenna Buffaloe, a spokeswoman for the Seattle-based philanthropy established by Mr. Gates, the co-founder and chairman of the Microsoft Corp., and his wife. Awards will also be given to school districts and individual schools cited by the foundation as models of excellence.
"The investments we are making in education all derive from a core belief—that all students can achieve if you provide the right learning environment and the right tools," Tom Vander Ark, the foundation’s executive director for education,...
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