The City of Birmingham, Alabama has signed a memorandum of understanding to purchase 15,000 XO laptops from One Laptop per Child (OLPC), a non-profit organization created to design, manufacture and distribute laptop computers that are sufficiently affordable to provide every child in the world access to new channels of learning, sharing and self-expression. The XO laptops, to be distributed to children and teachers from grades 1-8, are part of the city's commitment to improve the quality of life for its children by, among other things, raising the quality of their educational experience both in the school system and in their homes.

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