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Associated Press - November 19, 2009 1:35 PM ET
SEATTLE (AP) - Three school districts and a coalition of charter schools have agreed to be test kitchens for some radical ideas for improving teacher quality.
In exchange, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is handing them the biggest pile of cash it has spent on education reform in about a decade.
On Thursday, the foundation announced $290 million in grants to the four groups, plus another $45 million for education research aimed at uncovering what exactly is an effective teacher.
The grants include $100 million to Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa, Fla., $90 million to Memphis City Schools, $60 million to a coalition of charter school organizations in Los Angeles, and $40 million to Pittsburgh Public Schools.
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