Netflix Founder Acquires Online Education Start-Up

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"Mr. Hastings, who taught high school math in Swaziland with the Peace Corps after college, has been an education philanthropist and charter school advocate since his first company, Pure Software, went public in 1995. He has also served as president of the California State Board of Education."

The politics of this are suspect. His ulterior motives are obscure.

One Laptop per Child, X0, has been on the project for years.