November 29th, 2012

Microsoft Puts $250M More Into Its Ed-Tech Program, Partners In Learning; Wants Provide 20M Teachers With “21st Century Skills”

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Microsoft today added another $250 million to its Partners In Learning Project, a global professional development program it has created to equip teachers with the skills they need to teach IT and other future-looking subjects. Microsoft has been running this program since 2003 and to date has invested $750 million in the project. → Read More

January 13th, 2010

Microsoft Invests Millions In Innovative Teaching Practices Research

Microsoft today announced that its Partners in Learning program is sponsoring the Innovative Teaching and Learning (ITL) Research project, which is led by non-profit R&D organization SRI International.

The global research program intends to “broadly investigate” the effects that information and communications technology has in transforming teaching and learning at the school and education… → Read More