November 23, 2006
Fund Spends $50-Million to Study Technology
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, in Chicago, wants to know how video games, the Internet, instant messaging, cellphones, and other tools of the digital age are changing the way young people learn and relate to one another. And it is spending $50-million over the next five years to find out.
The foundation plans to use the money to pay for a series of projects that will research how digital technology affects the education and social development of young people.
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