Baltimore's Students Organizing a Multicultural & Open Society (SOMOS) joined education leaders from across the nation to tell stories about the need for high-speed broadband internet for all students so they can participate in virtual learning and the consequences of the digital divide.

The daylong event has panels, networking, awards and trivia — all focused on how the community responded to a challenging year.

The Baltimore Robotics Center is not giving up on robotics competitions during the pandemic, and is figuring out ways to keep providing opportunity to students.

The Baltimore Robotics Center in collaboration with Nyla Technology Solutions purchased 64 Chromebooks for Collington Square Elementary School through PCs for People. A new remote school year is bringing a new push for digital access.

Plus, we catch up with Allyson Redpath, the department's entrepreneurship director, about her first year in the new role.

The pre-accelerator program, which was created by university entrepreneurship leaders in response to the pandemic, drew startups from 14 institutions. Leaders created a custom curriculum and virtual programming.

The Council's education and youth committee met August 27 to talk with leaders from Comcast, Baltimore city public schools and community stakeholders about digital access for students and the school district's plans for internet connectivity this coming school year.

It shows a prominent Baltimore corporate citizen working with a community nonprofit, and bringing an extra layer of safety in the pandemic.

CHARM: Voices of Baltimore Youth launched a Q&A series for artists on Instagram Live, in collaboration with Technical.ly Baltimore Report for America fellow Donte Kirby.

USM signed a partnership with Labster that will give students at a dozen universities access to the platform.