More than five million families with school-age children do not have internet connections at home.
Today, Sprint took a big step as employees were joined by representatives from the DeKalb County School District to announce that 200 third and fifth grade students from Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Technology in DeKalb County will have a new way to keep up with their school work. By providing free connectivity through Wi-Fi hotspots, Sprint will help the students stay connected at-home over the next five years.
Research says that more than 5 million families with school-age kids do not have internet connectivity at home. Without home internet connectivity, success will be difficult, if not impossible, to achieve. In the state of Georgia, about 60 percent of the students live in low income households and qualify for free or reduced-price school lunch.
This is part of Sprint’s pledge in 2014 to provide wireless broadband to 50,000 K-12 students in low-income school districts across the country as part of former President Obama’s White House initiative, ConnectED – a public and private effort to get technology into classrooms and into the hands of teachers and students to help bridge the “digital divide.”
Inspired by the ConnectED initiative, Sprint announced the 1Million Project last year to provide 1 million free devices and wireless service to eligible schools and school districts for their low-income high school students who do not have home internet access. With the 1Million Project, Sprint is building on its experience with the ConnectED and My Brother’s Keeper initiatives to give students the tools they need to translate their efforts into meaningful outcomes. The DeKalb County School District has applied for the Sprint 1Million Project. Schools accepted into the program will be announced prior to the start of the 2017-2018 school year.
“Learning should never consist of interruptions or inconvenience but yet many kids in Atlanta do not have internet access at home and unfortunately have to find other alternatives for connectivity just to get assignments done,” stated Brian Miller, Sprint president for Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. “It’s our goal that for some of the students at this DeKalb County elementary school Sprint will eliminate the need for them stay late into the evening at school or to go to a place of business with public Wi-Fi. With these devices, we are closing the homework gap for 200 students here in Georgia.”
The value in dollars of Sprint’s wireless service for the 200 DeKalb County elementary students during the five-year term is estimated at $480,000, but the value in terms of education and impact for the future is priceless.
“Helping students become college and career ready means maximizing learning time both inside and outside the classroom. This partnership with Sprint is vital because it will allow students to access their homework and learning resources more easily and effectively, while working at home,” said R. Stephen Green, superintendent of the DeKalb County School District. “This expanded learning opportunity will help students keep on pace with their lessons, and support long-term achievement. This is one more obstacle to success that has been removed for our students. Through this partnership we are closing the digital divide.”
To learn more about the Sprint 1Million Project visit: http://goodworks.sprint.com/1millionproject/.
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Do you remember the blockbuster hit film The Matrix that was released in 1999? You may not know this, but it has deep spiritual implications concerning the times we are living in and Bible prophecy.
It tells a story of how these “agents” are trying to turn us into machines. We are closer then ever before for this to become a reality when they cause us to receive an implantable microchip in our body during a time when physical money will be no more.
You may have seen on NBC news concerning the implantable RFID microchip that some people are getting put in their hand to make purchases, but did you know this microchip matches perfectly with prophecy in the Bible?
“He (the false prophet who deceives many by his miracles) causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name…
You also may have heard of the legendary number “666” that people have been speculating for possibly thousands of years on what it actually means. This article shares something I haven’t seen before, and I don’t think there could be any better explanation for what it means to calculate 666. This is no hoax. Very fascinating stuff!
…Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666″ (Revelation 13:16-18 NKJV).
To see all the details showing why the Bible foretold of all these things, check out this article!
Article: https://biblewoke.com/rfid-mark-of-the-beast-666-revealed
GOD is sending out His end time warning:
“Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, ‘If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name'” (Revelation 14:9-11).
In the Islamic religion they have man called the Mahdi who is known as their messiah of whom they are waiting to take the stage. There are many testimonies from people online who believe this man will be Barack Obama who is to be the biblical Antichrist based off dreams they have received. I myself have had strange dreams about him like no other person. So much so that I decided to share this information.
He came on stage claiming to be a Christian with no affiliation to the Muslim faith…
“In our lives, Michelle and I have been strengthened by our Christian faith. But there have been times where my faith has been questioned — by people who don’t know me — or they’ve said that I adhere to a different religion, as if that were somehow a bad thing,” – Barack Obama
…but was later revealed by his own family members that he indeed is a devout Muslim.
So what’s in the name? The meaning of someones name can say a lot about a person. God throughout history has given names to people that have a specific meaning tied to their lives. How about the name Barack Obama? Let us take a look at what may be hiding beneath the surface…
“And He (Jesus) said to them (His disciples), ‘I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven'” (Luke 10:18).
In the Hebrew language we can uncover the meaning behind the name Barack Obama.
Barack, also transliterated as Baraq, in Hebrew is: lightning
baraq – Biblical definition:
From Strongs H1299; lightning; by analogy a gleam; concretely a flashing sword: – bright, glitter (-ing, sword), lightning. (Strongs Hebrew word H1300 baraq baw-rawk’)
Barak ‘O’bamah, The use of bamah is used to refer to the “heights” of Heaven.
bamah – Biblical definition:
From an unused root (meaning to be high); an elevation: – height, high place, wave. (Strongs Hebrew word H1116 bamah baw-maw’)
The day following the election of Barack Obama (11/04/08), the winning pick 3 lotto numbers in Illinois (Obama’s home state) for 11/5/08 were 666.
Obama was a U.S. senator for Illinois, and his zip code was 60606.
Seek Jesus while He may be found…repent, confess and forsake your sins and trust in the savior! Jesus says we must be born again by His Holy Spirit to enter the kingdom of God…God bless!