“AT&T’s funding commitment will help children who are literally disconnected and stand to lose months, if not years, of their education.” “What makes this program so unique is that it is focused on helping the most vulnerable students across our country who have been disproportionately impacted since pandemic forced schools to close in March,” said Brent Legg, Executive Vice President at CN.

All applications must be submitted online no later than 11:59pm Pacific Time on January 11, 2021. Program limitations and eligibility information can be found on the application website. Other at-risk students who may be disconnected from formal education opportunitiesĪT&T is collaborating with Connected Nation to administer this program.Students eligible for the Migrant Education Program.The program is primarily focused on impacting students in the following groups: In addition, Bellwether Education Partners estimates that approximately 3 million at-risk students may not have experienced any formal education-virtual or in-person-since March 2020.

Nonprofit organizations and schools that serve at-risk youth nationwide are invited to apply.Īccording to the Alliance for Excellent Education, nearly 17 million public K-12 students have fallen into the “homework gap” due to COVID-19 school closures. Connected Nation (CN) is launch today an online application for the AT&T K-12 connected learning program, which is focused on closing the homework gap for at-risk students by providing free AT&T wireless internet service and mobile Wi-Fi hotspots to students nationwide.

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