Facebook education initiative targets students as individuals

San Francisco

FACEBOOK, which transformed communication with its social networking service, now wants to have a similar effect on education.

The Silicon Valley company announced on Thursday that it was working with a local charter school network, Summit Public Schools, to develop software that schools can use to help children learn at their own pace. The project has been championed by Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's co-founder and chief executive, and one of his top lieutenants, Chris Cox.