The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a $more than $1.7 billion funding programme for educational improvements at US schools. The funding is being redirected from existing teacher evaluation initiatives, which the foundation says it will discontinue. Instead, the money will now go mainly towards curriculum development and the development of school networks, with some resources also targeted at supporting charter schools and innovative "big bet" projects.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a $1.7bn funding programme for educational improvements at US schools. The funding is being redirected from existing teacher evaluation initiatives, which the foundation says it will discontinue. Instead, the money will now go mainly towards curriculum development and the development of school networks, with some resources also targeted at supporting charter schools and innovative "big bet" projects.