Google.org today announced a $50 million commitment to education nonprofits over the next two years.
It marks the largest commitment to a single topic area ever made by the organization — the philanthropic arm of Google — and reflects its focus on technology as part of the solution to poverty and inequality.
“We’ve seen there’s a role for technology to play in creating a richer learning environment, but only if we can get all teachers and students really benefiting from it,” said Brigitte Hoyer-Gosselink, education lead at the “dot org” offices in San Francisco, ahead of the announcement.
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