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May 30, 2014 06:54 pm GMT

Mark Zuckerberg Pledges $120 Million for Needy Bay Area Schools

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have given their second major education-oriented donation with a $120 million pledge for poor school districts in the San Francisco and San Jose areas.

The Zuckerbergs announced the gift in a column they co-wrote in The San Jose Mercury News, which was published Thursday evening

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"The world's most innovative community shouldn't also be a home for struggling public schools," it reads.

The gift follows on the heels of a $100 million donation from Zuckerberg in 2010 to Newark's struggling public schools through a foundation called Startup: Education. Read more...

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