Word: programming
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...With his idea of the Martin Luther King after-school program, Gates has produced a signature prototype for addressing one of the most urgent social policy questions," Rivers says. "He's bridging the digital divide that's emerging between the poorer black community and the world...
Gates said in October that he sees the program as a kind of "Hebrew school" for blacks, "an after-school program to teach culture and language in your local neighborhood...
Appiah, who was also involved in establishing the after-school program, says the program also "tests the hypothesis that the right content will bring minority kids...
...program seems to be working...
...program makes the grade in end-of-the-year evaluations set up by the Markle Foundation, which sponsors the program along with the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Studies, it will expand nationwide...