National PTA Commends NCTA, Internet Providers for Helping Underprivileged Families
ALEXANDRIA, VA. (November 9, 2011) - The National PTA® commends the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) and its cable Internet Service Providers for launching their initiative today to promote education and broadband adoption by offering low-cost, discounted Internet service to millions of K-12 students that don’t currently have broadband in their homes.
The effort is sure to benefit underprivileged families and the more than 10 million students that receive free lunch and five million homes that currently do not have Internet service.
For decades National PTA has worked to ensure all children have an equal opportunity to achieve academically. In most recent years we have reached and positively affected thousands of families in underrepresented areas through our Urban Family Engagement Initiative. By connecting families with their child’s education, students have a more likely chance to succeed. With the use of technology growing in schools more and more every day, it is vital that all children have the tools and resources they need to succeed regardless of their socio-economic status.
As such, we stand ready to support this effort by informing our qualifying PTA members and families across the country about this benefit when it begins in the 2012 school year.