MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Representatives from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation were in Memphis on Thursday to learn more about the impact of a grant they gave to Shelby County Schools. The Gates Foundation ...

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation plans to invest in professional development providers who will train teachers on “high quality” curricula, the philanthropy announced this afternoon. The investment ...

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded Clayton County Schools a $1 million grant to help educators teach math to middle schoolers. The Gates Curriculum Implementation Grant will help the ...

Includes updates and/or revisions. As states and school districts grapple with how to teach the skills outlined in the new common standards, two foundations have announced a partnership aimed at ...

(THE CONVERSATION) For much of American history, local school districts had a large amount of discretion over what they taught and how. In my book on the Common Core, I show how the national education ...