We discussed the landscape of philanthropy today, what motivated her to write Giving 2.0, the need for foundations to make more high-risk investments, lessons we can learn from failure, and the story behind her own philanthropic gene.

FORBES: Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen on 21st Century Philanthropy and Smarter Giving

During the four-week course, scientists will learn how to write commercial correspondence and use the internet for business.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Education | Soviet bomb-makers retrain in UK

So tell your kids to learn how to draw, use 3-D programs, write code.

FORBES: Chris Anderson's New 'Maker' Vision

The number of weeklies and monthlies published partly or fully in Kurdish has risen from two to five, and the provincial government, which used to frown on out-of-school Kurdish classes, paid for 2, 500 Kurds to learn to write in their native language last summer.

ECONOMIST: Iran��s Kurds

This partnership between USAID, World Education Mali, Design that Matters (affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and the Ministry of Education has introduced simple and locally-appropriate technology that enables community members in predominately rural areas to learn to read, write and count at night.

UNESCO: Support for the Quality and Equity of Education

One new if very basic building is devoted to an NGO-run school for the area children, who must learn not only how to read and write but what is a restroom.

FORBES: A Stop in India's Lavasa