Sprint 1Million Project to Provide Free Wireless Devices and Service to 8,000+ Maryland High School Students
August 14 2017 - 9:52AM
Business Wire
Baltimore City Schools will receive 3,700
devices through multi-year initiative to help close the “Homework
Gap”
Brian Hedlund, Region President for Sprint (NYSE:S), and
Baltimore City Public Schools CEO Dr. Sonja Brookins Santelises
announced today that 3,700 Baltimore City high school students will
receive free mobile devices and high-speed wireless internet
service from Sprint and the Sprint Foundation to help close the
“Homework Gap” in Maryland. In addition to Baltimore City, the
program will include four public school districts across the
state.
Through Sprint’s 1Million Project, beginning with the 2017-2018
school year, participating high school students will receive either
a free smartphone, tablet, or hotspot device and 3GB of high-speed
LTE data per month for up to four years while they are in high
school. Unlimited data is available at 2G speeds if usage exceeds
3GB in a month. Those who receive a smartphone can use it as a
hotspot.
Maryland will be one of 32 states for the nationwide rollout
beginning this fall which includes, 118 school districts, over
1,300 high schools and 180,000 students. In total, Sprint will
distribute more than 8,000 devices to school districts across
Maryland, including:
In total, Sprint will distribute more than 8,000 devices to
Maryland schools, including:
- Baltimore City Public Schools – 3,700
lines/students
- Prince Georges County Public Schools –
2,560 lines/students
- Baltimore County Public Schools – 1,500
lines/students
- Charles County Public Schools – 300
lines/students
Approximately 5 million U.S. families with school-aged children
do not have broadband access at home1, yet, at least 70 percent of
teachers assign homework that requires web access2. In Miami-Dade,
a 2014 report 2 indicated that roughly one in three households (35
percent) lack internet connection.
Anyone looking to support the program can visit
www.sprint.com/give1mp to make a cash donation via credit card3.
Used mobile devices can also be donated online or in Sprint stores.
Devices will be recycled or resold with net proceeds benefiting the
1Million Project. Visit www.sprint.com/1millionproject for more
information, and follow and support the program on social media by
using the hashtag #1MillionProject.
Quotes:
“Access to technology and the internet at home are crucial for
Maryland’s high school students to compete academically,” said
Brian Hedlund, Sprint’s President for the D.C., Maryland and
Virginia region. “The 1Million Project is intended to help narrow
the homework gap and give students additional opportunities to
learn in the classroom and beyond.”
“Being able to connect to the Internet and use digital
technologies at home will give students more and better access to
the resources they need for success,” said Baltimore City Public
Schools CEO Sonja Brookins Santelises. “Initiatives like the
1Million Project are important if we’re going to close the digital
divide and make sure there is equity in access to the tools and
information that power today’s world.”
“As teachers continue to push students to use the Internet and
technology for classwork, we are grappling with stark disparities
across the country– between the families who have access to
high-speed Internet, and the 5 million families who are without it,
said Rep. Anthony Brown (MD-04). “Without access to the tools
necessary to succeed in and outside the classroom, more students
are being left behind. The 1Million Project is an important
initiative to end these disparities and bridge this digital divide.
This investment to make high-speed Internet available for thousands
of low-income and minority Maryland families will empower them to
be more successful in school, pursue greater opportunities in the
future, and thrive in the global economy.”
About Sprint:
Sprint (NYSE:S) is a communications services company
that creates more and better ways to connect its customers to
the things they care about most. Sprint served 53.7 million
connections as of June 30, 2017 and is widely recognized for
developing, engineering and deploying innovative technologies,
including the first wireless 4G service from a national carrier in
the United States; leading no-contract brands including Virgin
Mobile USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance Wireless; instant national
and international push-to-talk capabilities; and a global Tier 1
Internet backbone. Sprint has been named to the Dow Jones
Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America for the past five years.
You can learn more and visit Sprint at www.sprint.com or
www.facebook.com/sprint and www.twitter.com/sprint.
1 Pew Research Center > goo.gl/EmpJj8 2 The New York
Times > goo.gl/5DacsH 3 Cash donations for the 1Million Project
are tax-deductible charitable contributions to the Sprint
Foundation. Device donations are not tax deductible. Net proceeds
from reselling/recycling donated devices or $1 per device,
whichever is greater, will be donated to the program.
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