Can Tech Teach Kids To Teach Themselves? Xprize, Google, And The Un Team Up To Find Out

Devin Coldewey, TechCrunch
Fri, 04/29/2016 - 3:01am

Hundreds of millions of kids around the world lack access to, among other things, basic education — much less organized school systems with adequate teaching resources. XPRIZE is hoping that tech can help where humanitarian efforts have yet to make a dent — and putting $15 million on the line to that end, with the help of Google and the United Nations.

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