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AT&T Aspire - promises 100 million dollars to prevent dropouts in education

I will always

have a fondness for AT&T in my heart of hearts; after all, that’s where I met my husband, that’s where I was part of the illustrious Imanager Team, that’s where some of the happiest times in my early adulthood occurred (including discovering Monk’s Work Bench).

So it was with pleasure that I read:

…AT&T Inc. today announced plans to commit $100 million over four years to help reduce the dropout rate in U.S. high schools and better prepare students for college and the workforce.

The effort is being billed as the company’s largest single philanthropic commitment to date.

The San Antonio-based telecommunications giant joins a growing group of foundations and corporations, as well as civic and education leaders, who have sought to combat the high dropout rates in many of the nation’s high schools. The effort also is among a number of recent announcements of major giving dedicated to a specific education issue by U.S. corporations ….MORE…

I’ll tell you though, reading “The San Antonio-based telecommunications giant” caught me up short; I remember when AT&T was based in Basking Ridge, NJ. The times, they have a’changed….

You can read more about this at AT&T Aspire -Connecting Our Youth.
Enjoy,

Owlbert

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