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Gray Matters Capital and the Rockdale Foundation


While all is very well at the Rainbow School, I'll pause to highlight a "sister organization" supporting budget private schools in India.

Gray Matters Capital and the Rockdale Foundation have an annual symposium in Hyderabad, called "Enterprising Schools." Buddies of mine from here in Palo Alto, the Hewlett Foundation and IDEO, are heading out there next week.

More info is on www.enterprisingschools.com

My IDEO fellas organized a whole list of very low-cost teaching aide ideas to present at the symposium. Ideas like using old newpapers to teach literacy. They put the list up on the website under "STEAL THIS IDEA" - click here for the list! (in pdf form)

BEST WISHES for a successful symposium, I miss you all in Hyderabad!

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