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Early information on the Gates' education plan includes funding for professional development and a push for higher teacher salaries. -
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Bloggers' challenge inspires donations to DonorsChoose.org, a site that allows classroom teachers to post projects that need funding, such as writing journals, a digital camera, or other supplies. -
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For as long as wealthy Americans have given their money away, education has been a leading recipient of their largess. Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller: the biggest philanthropists of the 20th century all gave significant portions of their fortunes to schools, teachers and libraries. -
1voteLeading microchip maker Intel Corp plans to spend $300 million over the next four years on a Web training program to help teachers incorporate technology into their lesson plans.
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Concert-goers are encouraged to bring school supplies, which are donated to schools in the community. The group says it started its school charity concerts in 2003 and has collected around 100-thousand-dollars worth of supplies so far. -
1voteEli Broad and Bill Gates, two of the most important philanthropists in American public education, have pumped more than $2 billion into improving schools. But now, dissatisfied with the pace of change, they are joining forces for a $60 million foray into politics in an effort to vault education high onto the agenda of the 2008 presidential race.
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