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SmallbusinessMark Zuckerberg once made a $100 million investment in a major US city to help fix its schools - now the mayor says the effort 'parachuted' in and failed
- In 2010, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg donated $100 million toward creating an education foundation in Newark, New Jersey. The goal was to help the city's struggling school system.
- In an interview with Business Insider, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said that the foundation did not use the money wisely.
- Baraka added that he wishes the foundation woul…
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The internet is freaking out over this note a principal sent to parents during exam week
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Homeless people living in RVs were evicted near the future site of a school funded by Mark Zuckerberg
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The 12 most innovative universities in the world
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Psychologists studied 5,000 genius kids for 45 years -here are their 6 key takeaways
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1.7 million American kids can't go to school because of Hurricanes Irma and Harvey - and it could have disastrous consequences
Cities like Houston and Miami are larger and wealthier than New Orleans, but students still face tr…
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Harvey is keeping over 200,000 kids out of school, and that could have long-term consequences
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Millennials think they learn more from tech than people - and that's a big problem for schools
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A Peruvian billionaire contracted a world-famous design firm to remake his country's private school system, and the results are stunning
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Yale's Singapore outpost is more exclusive than Harvard, Princeton, and Yale's main campus
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What school lunch looks like in 18 countries around the world
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12 of the most beautiful schools around the US
Around the US, beautiful schools from Seattle, Washington to Birmingham, Alabama create vibrant spa…
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Byju’s new gamified app wants to make studying Maths real fun for students
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Here are the books 8 of America's most prestigious private schools have students read over the summer
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Scientists followed 5,000 genius kids for 45 years - here's what they learned about success
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Evidence suggests preschool is a waste of time and money
Instead of focusing on cash handouts, governments and politicians have instead tried to rectify thi…
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The new Sandy Hook Elementary School hides high security in beautiful design
When parents and buses begin to drop kids off next month, they'll pass through multiple security ch…
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Kids at this Swedish school learn on mountains, in caves, and at watering holes
At the bilingual Vittra Telefonplan school, which opened near Stockholm in 2012, there are no class…
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Malcolm Gladwell says colleges that serve amazing food are 'completely absurd'
But there's one crucial difference Gladwell highlights: While Vassar's food gets lukewarm reviews, …
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This school in a garden is like a real-life Narnia
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This beautiful Japanese kindergarten is made of shipping containers
Located in Japanese city of Saitama, OA Kindergarten spent 50 years in an ordinary schoolhouse. Rec…
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This high school has no classrooms and spends each semester in a different country
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Kids at this school can spend 20% of their time doing anything they want
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