Gates Funds Partnership To Create K-12 Curriculum

Education Daily (4/29, Brown) reports, "The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced Wednesday it is donating $3 million for research to the Pearson Foundation as they develop a set of digital courses and teacher professional development in English/language arts and math aligned with the Common Core State Standards." Pearson Foundation President Mark Nieker said the courses are "the first designed from the bottom-up to meet the new learning goals established by the Common Core Standards." The piece notes that two English and tow math courses "will be available for free as open educational resources," though the rest will be for sale.