I think the phrase "giving back" might be a bit too generous a way to describe these companies' involvement in education, as not everything they do is done with charitable intent. Nonetheless it is worth reviewing the sort of involvement the large companies have had in education - from Microsoft's shape the future initiative to Intel's 10 million teachers to Time Warner's Connect a million minds. Conspicuously absent from Mashable's list is Apple in Education. After looking at the videos I want to comment that education is not - and should not be thought of as - a charity. The moment you think of an education as something you 'give' to someone else, you've broken education.
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