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Gates Foundation, Washington Colleges Roll Out Open-Source Texts

November 1, 2011 /

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Tech entrepreneurs are pushing pretty hard these days to improve education, from the Khan Academy to Codecademy to Altius Education to education-focused Startup Weekend events. And, of course, there’s the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which has made education its primary domestic policy initiative–something Bill Gates discussed in his recent wide-ranging lecture and Q&A session at the University of Washington.

Curt Woodward

Full Story: http://www.xconomy.com/seattle/2011/10/31/gates-foundation-wa-colleges-roll-out-open-source-texts/