Updates From Verizon Innovative Learning Program

09.11.2018

Verizon Innovative Learning launches first ever 5G EdTech Challenge calling for solutions to challenges in under-resourced classrooms

5GEdTech Challenge will award the ten most compelling concepts a grand total of $1 million to implement at Verizon Innovative Learning schools.

08.21.2018

Community

Houston We Have Lift Off: Verizon Innovative Learning Explorer Lab virtually transports students to Mars

Verizon’s “explorer lab” takes students (and lawmakers) on a mission to Mars to learn about engineering and design concepts.

04.03.2018

Corporate Responsibility

Verizon hosts virtual and augmented reality lab for Sacramento students

Verizon Innovation Lab held in Sacramento in conjunction with TechNet’s California Diversity in Technology and STEM Week.

Play Video - Crossing the Digital Divide

04.03.2018

Community

Crossing the digital divide and finding success: one student’s story

Several students at a Verizon Innovative Learning school in Harlem accepted into prestigious high schools.

04.02.2018

Corporate Responsibility

Verizon to invest more than $200 million in STEM education pledges to reach 5 million students in 5 years

Verizon invests $200 million in STEM education initiative and will reach an additional five million students by 2023.

03.12.2018

People

Teaching children about “the real world” with new technologies

Three women graduate students at The School of Visual Arts are paving the way for the next generation of STEM leaders in partnership with Verizon and NYC Media Lab.

03.09.2018

Corporate Responsibility

Trade in your old phone at Verizon and you can help schools get up to $4 million in tech resources

Verizon will donate $1 p/eligible phone trade-in up to $4M to DonorChoose.org to help provide tech, like tablets, laptops, 3D printers and VR gear to under-resourced schools.

02.06.2018

Community

“You don’t have to wear a helmet to get into sports”

NFL stars Victor Cruz and Anthony Barr, and NBA Star Karl Anthony Towns give Minnesota students a lesson on getting into sports through engineering and technology.

01.11.2018

Corporate Responsibility

The bigger picture: Is the issue the quality of STEM education, or the lack of access to it?

To close the digital divide and provide equal access to quality education, we each must do our part.

12.18.2017

Community

Meet Tiger Tech: How an elite group of middle schoolers became the tech teachers

When a tablet has issues at Armstrong Middle School, they call in Tiger Tech, a team of students who show up armed with IT knowledge — and empathy.