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    Category: Digital Equity

    Local Church Helps Provide Baltimore’s Ashburton Community With Reliable Internet Access

    (CBS Local Baltimore WJZ) The COVID-19 pandemic has proved the importance of reliable internet access. Now, members of Baltimore’s Ashburton community can connect to WiFi…

    admin December 12, 2020

    Disconnected: Students struggle with e-learning obstacles, lawmakers earmark solutions

    (Capital News Service) After Kimberly Vasquez’s two younger sisters log into their virtual classrooms from their Baltimore home, there’s barely enough bandwidth left for the…

    admin November 25, 2020

    Digital Harbor Foundation, UMBC win $1.5M grant to grow youth tech programming in Baltimore, Pittsburgh rec centers

    (Technical.ly Baltimore) It helps bring the rec-to-tech model for maker and computer science education inside city government-run operations, and supports efforts to develop inclusive programming.…

    admin November 6, 2020

    To the Incoming Mayor of Baltimore: Close the Digital Divide for All

    The city’s next mayor must develop a long-term strategy to expand digital literacy, device, and broadband access, writes Baltimore’s Digital Equity Coalition cofounder Adam Echelman.

    admin October 12, 2020

    Maryland Gov. Hogan announces $210M for remote learning and tutoring

    (Baltimore Sun) Maryland will receive $210 million for remote learning and tutoring to help schools and students most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

    admin June 10, 2020

    Baltimore City students call on Comcast to provide free internet through fall

    (WBAL) Just weeks before the end of the school year, some Baltimore City students are calling for technology giant Comcast to extend free internet services…

    admin May 26, 2020
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    Firaxis Game Studio donates $100K to Code in the Schools for digital equity work

    (Technical.ly) A studio that is synonymous with the region’s influential role in video game development contributed $100,000 so that a Baltimore computer science education nonprofit…

    admin May 26, 2020
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    Against pandemic downturn, Mayor Young’s budget proposal seeks to keep funding for youth, IT initiatives

    (Technical.ly) Like other cities, Baltimore is facing budget cuts that will affect people. In a downturn, the priorities that the administration is seeking to keep…

    admin May 6, 2020
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    City Schools purchases 12,000 Chromebooks and 14,000 chargers

    (Baltimore Brew) With almost half of Baltimore’s public school students without internet access, a push is on to bridge the “digital divide”

    admin April 30, 2020
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    City Council pass bill to help close the Digital Divide amongst city youth

    (WMAR) On Tuesday, Baltimore City Council President Brandon Scott and Councilman Zeke Cohen announced that the City Council unanimously passed the Children and Youth Fund…

    admin April 28, 2020
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