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Zuckerberg, wife gift $120M to CA schools
KCTV5.COM ^ | 29 MAY 2014 | AP

Posted on 05/30/2014 9:32:29 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist

MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are donating $120 million to public schools in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The gift, which the couple discussed in an exclusive interview with the Associated Press, will be spread over the next five years. It is the biggest allocation to date of the $1.1 billion in Facebook stock the couple pledged last year to the nonprofit Silicon Valley Community Foundation.

"Education is incredibly expensive and this is a drop in the bucket. What we are trying to do is catalyze change by exploring and promoting the development of new interventions and new models," Chan said in an interview Thursday at Facebook's Menlo Park, California, headquarters.

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To: D Rider

His goal is not to produce results for the students but to gain favor with government.


41 posted on 05/30/2014 10:26:05 AM PDT by nascarnation (Toxic Baraq Syndrome: hopefully infecting a Dem candidate near you)
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To: UCANSEE2
aaaaand .. it's gone
42 posted on 05/30/2014 10:36:35 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
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To: DJ MacWoW

That’s worse than NPR or PBS, folks.

They’re always complaining that only 10% of their audience supports them.


43 posted on 05/30/2014 11:07:48 AM PDT by Catmom (We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.)
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To: Catmom; xzins
xzins did the math.

5% Carry 60% of Fed Income Tax; 5% Carry 100% of Free Republic Expense

44 posted on 05/30/2014 11:10:24 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: 9YearLurker
Because he made such a difference in Newark.

Obviously he didn't lay out enough cash in Newark. What's that definition of insanity?

45 posted on 05/30/2014 11:10:31 AM PDT by NewHampshireDuo
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To: NewHampshireDuo

Definition of insanity? Being a Democrat over and over again, despite the results.


46 posted on 05/30/2014 11:21:26 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Gay State Conservative

Te apparently learned nothing from giving Newark $100 million.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3161818/posts


47 posted on 05/30/2014 12:21:09 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Haven't you lost enough freedoms? Support an end to the WOD now.)
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