Dive Summary:
- After giving away millions in prize money to education tech Facebook developers last year, the Gates Foundation has partnered with the social media giant for two more HackEd hackathon events in April.
- An April 9 event at Facebook's Menlo Park headquarters will focus on app development, with a second, similar hackathon planned for April 24 at Facebook's London office.
- Additionally, Hackbright Academy will be working with the Menlo Park event to get all-female development teams to participate.
From the article:
"Historically, the notion of the 'achievement gap' has been thought of as primarily academic," the Facebook spokesperson told CNET. "The debate has focused on the long-term structural challenges -- improving teacher quality, creating school choice, and other issues. These are all important issues but in the age of social media, we have an opportunity to achieve real progress, right now."