New Profit Launches Two Education Initiatives Aimed at Inclusive Social Entrepreneurship and Personalized Learning

April 13, 2017

April 13th, 2017 (Boston)– New Profit, a venture philanthropy organization that helps bold problem solvers break through to transform lives, communities, and systems, has announced it will launch two capacity building initiatives: the Personalized Learning Initiative and the Proximity Accelerator. The initiatives are supported by a collaboration between the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, who have contributed $12 million over four years for the Personalized Learning Initiative, and provided $750,0000 to launch Proximity Accelerator programming this year.

“ We believe students, teachers, and diverse problem solvers need more agency than ever to take down the barriers standing in their way. This is the beginning of a transformative collaboration with the Gates Foundation and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to diversify the ranks of social entrepreneurs operating at scale, and advance the evolution of our education model towards more personalized approaches to learning. Vanessa Kirsch, CEO of New Profit

New Profit Partner Trevor Brown, who will lead the Personalized Learning Initiative. Click here to read full details on the initiative.

The seven social entrepreneurs in the Personalized Learning Initiative include:

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