Gates donates $335m to schools

Source: Boston Globe Posted By: Anna C...5264 days ago

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation yesterday announced a $335 million investment in teacher effectiveness, with major grants for experiments in tenure, evaluation, compensation, training, and mentoring in three large school systems and a cluster of public charter schools.

Through the grants, which amount to one of the largest privately sponsored school improvement initiatives in recent years, the foundation aims to reshape how policy makers approach teaching. Its goal is to focus on performance....

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