AT&T Aspire High School Educational Foundation & Grants for Students

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High School Programs Prepare Students for College

AT&T Aspire contributes to high school job programs that offer underprivileged high school students education grants and tools they need to successfully graduate and prepare for college. AT&T Aspire helps keep high school students in school and reduce the high school dropout rates.
Education Hackathon

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Promoting Education at the STEM Solutions Summit

AT&T was a major sponsor of the 2012 U.S. News STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Solutions Summit in Dallas, where company representatives joined other advocates to promote education in these key subject areas. AT&T understands that STEM education is a vital ingredient for preparing tomorrow's workforce. That's why it's a major focus of the company's $250 million philanthropic program, Aspire.
AT&T Aspire Mobile Education Application Hackathon

AT&T Aspire mobile hackathon gave developers the chance to create new and innovative mobile apps. The goal of this hackathon was to develop a mobile education app to be used by teachers in the classroom.

NEWS

AT&T 2012 Annual Report

March 11, 2013 — View the online version of AT&T’s 2012 annual report for our approach to innovation and our commitment to our people and communities.
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Making School A Digital Dream

February 6, 2013 — Digital learning insights from a school district that's bravely reinventing the classroom experience.
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Bringing Social Innovation a Little Closer to Home

February 5, 2013 — We challenged our Causes.com community with telling us which organizations matter the most to them. We were blown away with the response. Here are the six organizations that we selected to receive a $5000 contribution.
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Strengthening education to ignite innovation

February 4, 2013 — At a Wall Street Journal CIO Network event, Jon Donovan met with a task force of leaders that came to a refreshing conclusion: there’s an opportunity to build a better framework for K-12 education that can also help drive long-term and sustainable innovation in the U.S.
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mentor2.0 with AT&T, Big Brothers Big Sisters

February 6, 2013 — We’re collaborating with Big Brothers Big Sisters and bringing a new technology-based mentoring program to high school students in Dallas.
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Why I Mentor

January 29, 2013 — AT&T is mobilizing employees to provide 1 million hours of mentoring to students at risk of dropping out of high school. Xavier Williams, SVP of Service Management, writes about the benefits to students, communities and the mentors themselves.
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ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

AT&T Aspire is working to improve high school success and college/ career readiness by investing in communities locally, connecting people and seeking exponential change through technology and innovation. Read more »

The AT&T Aspire Local High School Impact Initiative Requests for Proposals (RFP) is focused on high school success and college/career readiness programs that help reduce the dropout rates in their communities. Read more »

Aspire Mentoring Academy is the key community engagement program of AT&T's $350 million investment in Aspire, focused on high school success leading to college and career readiness. AT&T employees are engaging in their communities and helping raise high school graduation rates with a goal to provide students 1 million hours of mentoring by our employees through the end of 2016. Read more »

We're seeking approaches and partnerships that could fundamentally alter outcomes in the education space – and to improve our communities in a more effective, efficient and sustainable way than ever before. Learn more »