Gates Foundation
Personalized Learning
Gates Foundation, Chan Zuckerberg Team Up to Seek 'State of the Art' Ideas for Schools
In a new Request for Information, two of the most powerful groups in education philanthropy jointly seek "state-of-the-art" ideas to improve students' math, writing, and "executive functions."
School & District Management
Gates Foundation Eyes Middle Years Math Instruction
It's part of the foundation's $425 million research and development push, announced last fall.
College & Workforce Readiness
Gates Seeks to Fund Creation of Networks to Guide Secondary School Improvement
Part of its recently announced $1.7 billion investment in K-12, the foundation is looking for groups to keep tabs on networks trying out different approaches to improve middle and high schools.
Education Funding
With Latest Education Investments, Gates Pivots Again
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s $1.7 billion pledge last week is just the latest iteration of a K-12 funding strategy for an influential philanthropy that has shifted more than once over two decades.
Teaching Profession
Gates Ends Investment in Teacher Evaluation: What That Means for the Field
Some states are already backing off of linking student test scores to teacher evaluations--but it's not because the Gates funding stream is ending.
Education Funding
Gates Foundation Announces New $1.7B for K-12
Bill Gates outlined new investments for school networks, curricula, and research and development, and a pivot away from long-time investments that are difficult to sustain or scale up.
Personalized Learning
Gates, Zuckerberg Philanthropies Team Up on Personalized Learning
A joint $12 million grant to support personalized learning reflects growing ties between the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
School Choice & Charters
Opinion
Washington: A Love Story
We've got information and images a-plenty, if we want to look at states which might have some educational moxie. Teachers are now talking to each other across district and state boundaries, sharing information about how education policy is impacting their daily practice, where market-based reforms have the deepest roots and where teachers' judgment and experience is most devalued. Where would YOU go, if you could go anywhere, as an educator?
Teaching Profession
The Gates Foundation's Teaching Partnerships: 5 Early Research Takeaways
Research on the Gates Foundation's ambitious district-level teacher projects found student-achievement upticks in 2013-14, but findings overall are mixed.
Standards
Gates Chief Acknowledges Common-Core Missteps
In a letter posted today on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's website, CEO Sue Desmond-Hellmann acknowledged that the group had made some miscalculations regarding implementation of the Common Core State Standards.
Education Funding
Gates Foundation Puts New Focus on Transforming Teacher Prep
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will invest some $34 million in cooperative initiatives designed to improve teacher-preparation programs' overall effectiveness.
Teacher Preparation
New Gates Teacher-Prep Grants: Some Themes to Watch
Some follow-up thoughts on the challenges and opportunities facing the winners of $34 million in grants.
Teaching Profession
Vicki Phillips, Outgoing K-12 Director at Gates, Reflects on Her Tenure, Priorities
Phillips' next move is unclear, but it's likely to be somewhere in the K-12 education world.
Assessment
Gates Foundation Staying the Course on Teacher Effectiveness, High Standards
Bill Gates says his foundation remains committed to its current work in supporting the use of high academic standards and helping teachers improve through evaluation systems that provide useful feedback.