Tencent Co-founder’s Yidan Prize Honors California Education Board President With $3.9 Million

The California State Capitol building in Sacramento on April 18, 2022. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

California Board of Education President Linda Darling-Hammond, who is involved in research that aids the development of local and federal education policy, has been awarded $3.9 million as the winner of the Yidan Prize—the largest education accolade in the world—founded by a Chinese billionaire.

This year’s recipients were announced on Sep. 28 during a Stanford Graduate School of Education conference.