Microsoft Corp. launched a three-year program to ensure that 1 million students from low-income families in the United States receive the benefits of software, hardware and broadband Internet service. They are working with the FCC, One Economy and the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) to provide PCs, software and broadband access. According to this release, “In the U.S., approximately 9.5 million students are digitally excluded outside of their schools. According to the Federal Reserve, these students have a high school graduation rate six to eight percentage points lower than those who have home access to the Internet.”
Potential Speaker – Anthony Salcito, vice president, Worldwide Education for Microsoft.
Information on the Shape the Future Program can be found here.
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