kind of sounds like the same thing, i was not convinced, but then i heard the guy behind it was brian greenberg who helped create khan academy and he had $45 million in backing. i thought i would brian the doubt this morning. brian, thank you for joining us. so your effort is called the silicon schools fund. $45 million to work with to encourage schools to act like start-ups. let's start with the money. where does the money come from? >> so we are a foundation, and we raise money from really dedicated philanthropists all around the country. just to clarify, i didn't help start it. i worked with them to create course ware on their platform. i just want to make sure i don't paint any success on to their incredible work. and we sell to these funders and give them some simple value propositions because if you want to improve american society, we think the best way to do that is our schools. but just sending a blank check to a district or a school, you don't have any gurn tees of how that money will be used or who will be getting access to that money. so we build silicon schools fund in the way we'r

brian greenberg hands millions of dollars out to schools rethinking how to educate.says it's a process that will out live him. >> i've been doing this work for 26 years. i'm convinced i'll die not having solved these problems. that's a hard thing to say when you put your life's work into it. >> you can hear that interview on our podcast. any industry you're trying to completely remake -- local news would be one, airlines as well. is delta really better than american? education is the same way. one classroom is like any classroom. >> there are some innovative programs in the central valley. there's a lot of kids that have -- first time college. they wouldn't have those opportunities. they're having pathways for them. >> there's one in gilroy. brian is one of the founders of that. >> they're teaching them trades, teaching them amazing things. not just auto shop anymore. >> looking beyond. >> huge careers and opportunities. >> great debate about the future of education. >> they're our fewer. >>> a lot of people like to sit around and watch shows. are you missing "game o

brian greenberg hands out millions of dollars to schools who are rethinking how to educate.s a process that will out live him. >> i'm 48 years old. i've been doing this work for 26 years. i'm convinced i will die not having solved these problems. that's a hard thing to say. >> you can hear that interview on our nbc bay area podcast. we were talking earlier, there are some industries that are hard to innovate. you're just drawing back to the mean somehow. education is one of them. airlines is another. airlines try to do something different, but they all look the same. education is that way too. even the best ideas sometimes just get brought back down to the mean again. >> last hour we were talking about the innovative programs they have in the central valley. bring up airlines, they've got flight training programs for these kids. it's more than auto shop and trade things like that. it's changing lives. >> it's very cool. >> you expose people to something they're not ordinarily seeing. >> at lot of those kids in the central valley don't have ancestors that have gone to college