New $15M Global XPrize Focuses On Bringing Basic Literacy to 250M Children Globally

 XPRIZE, a long-running non-profit that runs competitions to stimulate technologists toward building products that improve humankind, is dipping its toes into basic education. They’re launching a $15 million educational tech challenge that is looking for a free, open-source and scalable software solution that will enable children to teach themselves basic reading, writing and arithmetic. Read More