FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn Challenges Students to Excel During Visit to ADE's Learning Without Walls(TM) Program at North Clayton Middle School

FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn Challenges Students to Excel During Visit to
ADE's Learning Without Walls(TM) Program at North Clayton Middle School

ADE Chairman Hollis and Clayton County Chairman Bell Join Forces with Feds to
Promote Broadband in Public Education

ATLANTA, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Federal Communications
Commission Commissioner Mignon L. Clyburn joined The Alliance for Digital
Equality(TM) (ADE) Chairman Julius H. Hollis and Clayton County Chairman
Eldrin Bell for a site visit to ADE's Learning Without Walls(TM) (LWOW)
broadband tutorial program at North Clayton Middle School in suburban Atlanta,
Georgia.

"Just 9 weeks into her post at the FCC, Commissioner Clyburn is demonstrating
that affordable broadband for every citizen is an achievable goal. With
today's site visit to our Learning Without Walls(TM) Program, she is bringing
her agency's message directly into the classrooms of the next generation,"
said Chairman Hollis. "We're extremely grateful that the commissioner was
able to witness the ADE in action -- helping the Clayton County Public School
District prepare its students for 21st Century technology, and beyond."

Last year Georgia's Clayton County Public Schools were the first in 40 years
to lose accreditation, and after a long public battle, their accreditation was
restored in May of 2009. ADE's Learning Without Walls(TM) program is aimed at
improving student performance, literacy and self-esteem, while enabling
families to get the career development services they need to thrive and remain
competitive professionally. Online tutoring, career help, homework help, GED
prep, and resume writing are just some of the free services being offered to
the students and parents of the Clayton County area through the LWOW Program.

The LWOW Program is a joint initiative organized by ADE, AT&T, Qualcomm's
Wireless Reach(TM) initiative,Tutor.com, SMART Technologies and Saywire to
provide wireless education technology tools to students at North Clayton
Middle School. As part of this program, resources for technical support,
teacher training, project management, equipment and access to AT&T's wireless
network have been donated by the project participants. The program will
examine how 24/7 access to educational resources through mobile devices helps
improve student engagement and academic achievement.

About The Alliance for Digital Equality(TM):
The Alliance for Digital Equality is a non-profit consumer advocacy
organization that serves to facilitate and ensure equal access to technology
in underserved and un-served communities. The Alliance also serves as a
bridge between policymakers and minority individuals in order to help the
public understand how legislative and regulatory policies regarding new
technologies can impact and empower their daily lives. For more information
on The Alliance for Digital Equality, please visit
www.alliancefordigitalequality.org.

SOURCE Alliance for Digital Equality

Grei Booker, Communications Manager, +1-404-815-4069 or gbooker@adeql.org