Mark Zuckerberg's wife invested $125 million in a school for the disadvantaged; now she is closing it to focus on AI

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The Primary School, offering tuition-free education to low-income families, has officially closed, impacting around 540 children who depended on its support. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the school's benefactor, is redirecting its resources towards biotechnology and artificial intelligence. As part of its commitment, it has announced substantial funding aimed at assisting affected students and local organizations. When you don't have money, you want to hoard all that you have. But when you are a billionaire like the Zuckerbergs giving away millions of dollars in charity is the least expected from you. What is not expected is for you to take them back and recently the billionaire couple has made one such move that has sent people into shock and families into worry.In 2016, Dr Priscilla Chan, the wife of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg co-founded a school for low-income students. Funded through her philanthropy with her husband, the private, tuition-free school aimed to support the "whole child" through wraparound services, including free dental checkups, early intervention screenings and wellness coaching for parents. When it opened, it joined a long list of efforts by the country's wea...

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