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05-30-2014, 07:12 PM
Mark Zuckerberg Pledges $120 Million for Needy Bay Area Schools
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (http://www.mashable.com/category/mark-zuckeberg?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) and his wife Priscilla Chan have given their second major education-oriented donation with a $120 million pledge for poor school districts in the San Francisco and San Jose areas.
The Zuckerbergs an**unced the gift in a column (http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_25862641/mark-zuckerberg-and-his-wife-donate-120-million) they co-wrote in The San Jose Mercury News, which was published Thursday evening
See also: 6 Startups Pioneering Interactive Education for Kids (http://mashable.com/2013/07/03/launch-education-kids-conference/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
"The world's most in**vative community shouldn't also be a home for struggling public schools," it reads.
The gift follows on the heels of a $100 million donation (http://mashable.com/2010/09/22/mark-zuckerberg-donates-100-million-to-newark-public-schools/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) from Zuckerberg in 2010 to Newark's struggling public schools through a foundation called Startup: Education (http://mashable.com/2010/09/24/zuckerberg-startup-education/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/30/mark-zuckerberg-priscilla-chan-schools-donation/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (http://www.mashable.com/category/mark-zuckeberg?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) and his wife Priscilla Chan have given their second major education-oriented donation with a $120 million pledge for poor school districts in the San Francisco and San Jose areas.
The Zuckerbergs an**unced the gift in a column (http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_25862641/mark-zuckerberg-and-his-wife-donate-120-million) they co-wrote in The San Jose Mercury News, which was published Thursday evening
See also: 6 Startups Pioneering Interactive Education for Kids (http://mashable.com/2013/07/03/launch-education-kids-conference/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
"The world's most in**vative community shouldn't also be a home for struggling public schools," it reads.
The gift follows on the heels of a $100 million donation (http://mashable.com/2010/09/22/mark-zuckerberg-donates-100-million-to-newark-public-schools/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) from Zuckerberg in 2010 to Newark's struggling public schools through a foundation called Startup: Education (http://mashable.com/2010/09/24/zuckerberg-startup-education/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss). Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/30/mark-zuckerberg-priscilla-chan-schools-donation/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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