Verizon and Los Angeles Unified to Enable Distance Learning for Hundreds of Thousands More California Students
2020年5月28日 - 1:30AM
Los Angeles Unified School District and Verizon announced today
they have amended their original agreement* from March of this year
to help other school districts in California enable distance
learning. The original agreement with Verizon enabled Los Angeles
Unified to provide internet access at no cost to students whose
families could not otherwise afford it.
The digital divide is very real in urban and rural communities
where students do not have the devices and lack the internet access
they need to be connected with their school community. This
connection has always been important but it’s never been more
important than during this pandemic.
Last month, with California Governor Gavin Newsom and First
Partner, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Verizon announced its support for
the State of California Department of Education’s mission to help
bridge the digital divide by committing unlimited internet
connectivity at a discounted rate for underserved students in
California.
“We are grateful to Verizon and LAUSD for their efforts to help
our schools close the digital divide for students across the
state,” said State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tony
Thurmond. “Access to technology is as critical to academic success
as a textbook. This development helps move the needle in our
efforts to level the playing field for all students, now and in the
years ahead.”
“We need to make sure every student has the device and internet
access they need to be connected with their school community,” Los
Angeles Unified Superintendent Austin Beutner said. “We’re
delighted other students throughout California will be connected
with their school communities as a result of this amended agreement
between Los Angeles Unified and Verizon.”
“Verizon’s original agreement from March of this year with Los
Angeles Unified to enable distance learning for 125,000 low-income
children has become the gold standard framework nationally during
the Covid-19 pandemic,” said Andrés Irlando, Senior Vice President
and President, Public Sector and Verizon Connect at Verizon. “We’re
thrilled to build on that original agreement with Los Angeles
Unified to partner with the State of California to enable distance
learning for hundreds of thousands of additional students across
California.”
School districts that are interested in learning more can
contact their Verizon representative, visit Verizon’s distance
learning site or call 1-855-343-7283.
*This agreement is based on an agreement between Verizon and Los
Angeles Unified originally entered into on July 1, 2019 and first
amended on March 23, 2020.
Los Angeles Unified is the largest school district in California
and the second largest in the nation, with nearly 700,000 students.
It has 1,386 schools, including traditional campuses, magnets,
special education centers, early education centers, adult schools
and independent charters. Serving more than 700 square miles, Los
Angeles Unified encompasses most of the city of Los Angeles, along
with all or portions of 26 cities and unincorporated areas of Los
Angeles County. English and 99 other languages are spoken by Los
Angeles Unified students, making it one of the most diverse school
districts in the United States.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ) was formed on
June 30, 2000 and is celebrating its 20th year as one of the
world’s leading providers of technology, communications,
information and entertainment products and services. Headquartered
in New York City and with a presence around the world, Verizon
generated revenues of $131.9 billion in
2019. The company offers voice,
data and video services and solutions on its award winning networks
and platforms, delivering on customers’ demand for
mobility, reliable network connectivity, security and
control.
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