Jack Dorsey gave $10 mn to connect Oakland students; campaign supplied 29,000 laptops

​Jack Dorsey’s $10 million gift helped thousands of Oakland students get access to computers and the internet during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Twitter co-founder’s contribution became part of OaklandUndivided, a public-private initiative launched in 2020 to ensure that students could continue learning remotely despite the digital divide.​By the end of the 2020-21 school year, the campaign had provided more than 29,000 laptops and 10,000 internet hotspots to Oakland public school students. It also responded to more than 10,000 requests for technology support, helping increase home access to computers and internet connectivity among students from low-income backgrounds from just 12% before the pandemic to 98% by the end of the school year.​A $10 million push to connect students​OaklandUndivided was launched shortly after the Covid-19 pandemic began as a partnership between Oakland Unified School District, the City of Oakland, Tech Exchange, the Oakland Public Education Fund, Oakland Promise and more than 20…