This program will provide extra help to middle- and high school students who fall behind in reading and math, expand Advanced Placement programs in low-income schools, and invite math and science professionals from the private sector to teach part-time in our high schools.

CNN: Transcript of State of the Union

Winner of the 2010 Working Capital Telecom Prize, start up competition sponsored by Telecom Italia, Timbuktu Labs builds cross-platform reading experiences that bring the most advanced methods of education into the publishing market.

FORBES: A touch to learn and discover with Timbuktu, first iPad magazine for kids

Students spend up to two hours a day in a computer learning lab mastering basic math and reading skills through exercises and puzzles, freeing up teachers to spend their time on advanced skills and concepts.

CNN: Computers can't replace real teachers