Bill Gates is investing $1.7 billion in public schools

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Bill and Melinda Gates have pledged to commit $1.7 billion over the next five years to bolstering public education in the US.

The money will get divided into three buckets: public school curriculum, "big bets," and charter schools.

The investment is the largest the Gateses have made since entering the education space 17 years ago.

Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates is investing $1.7 billion over the next five years to bolster public education in the United States.

In a speech delivered to the Council of the Great City Schools, the former CEO of Microsoft outlined his foundation's plan to standardize public school curricula, improve teaching quality, assist charter schools, and and collect better data to guide future changes.

"Education is, without a doubt, one of the most challenging areas we invest in as a foundation," Gates said in the speech, which was transcribed in a Gates Notes blog post. "But I'm excited about the shift in our work and the focus on partnering with networks of schools."

Roughly 60% of the funding will go toward supporting "the development of new curricula and networks of schools that work together to identify local problems and solutions," Gates said. A large chunk of those problems involve schools that are effectively segregated based on race.

Another 25% will go toward "big bets" — programs that could change public education over the next 10 to 15 years. (Gates did not point any specific innovations in his speech.)

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