EducationSuperHighway

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EducationSuperHighway
Founded2012
FounderEvan Marwell (CEO)
Type Nonprofit organization
FocusConnecting classrooms to high-speed broadband
Headquarters San Francisco, California
ServicesConsulting, software
Website educationsuperhighway.org

EducationSuperHighway is a United States nonprofit organization that directs research and provides advocacy and consultation services to states and school districts in order to connect American public school classrooms to high-speed internet. [1] [2] The organization was founded by Evan Marwell in 2012 with the goal to ensure all American classrooms are connected with the FCC-recommended minimum speed of 100 kbit/s per student. [3] [4] In 2013, EducationSuperHighway raised $9 million in funding led by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's Startup:Education fund, with additional funding coming from the Gates Foundation. [5] The organization has published a yearly State of the States report that compiles data from the FCC's E-Rate program and helps to connect schools with the funding offered by ERate. [6]

In 2015, the organization raised an additional $20 million from Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan. [7] That same year, EducationSuperHighway's founder and CEO was recognized by the San Francisco Chronicle as Visionary of the Year for the organization's work. [8]

In 2019, EducationSuperHighway released its 2019 State of the States report, reporting that it had completed its mission to close the classroom connectivity gap [9] , with 99.3% of the nation’s schools now having affordable and reliable broadband connections at a minimum speed of 100 kbps and with a path to scaling bandwidth for future needs. In January 2020, EducationSuperHighway reported that had created a new tool (ConnectK12) to provide the broadband data and pricing information that school district and state leaders need to upgrade their bandwidth to the FCC’s 1 Mbps per student goal. It selected Connected Nation and Funds For Learning to launch and maintain the tool, announcing EducationSuperHighway would sunset on August 31, 2020. [10]

References

  1. ↑ Paulas, Rick (February 17, 2016). "Bringing Schools Into the 21st Century". Pacific Standard. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  2. ↑ Bush, Ann (November 29, 2016). "Stat Announces Partnership With EducationSuperHighway". Kansas State Department of Education. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  3. ↑ Cohan, Peter (December 4, 2013). "Gates and Zuckerberg Fund EducationSuperHighway To Boost Public School Bandwidth". Forbes. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  4. ↑ Gomes, Patricia; Wan, Tony (November 19, 2015). "America's Classrooms Online: 24.5 Million Students Now Up to Speed". EdSurge. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  5. ↑ Lunden, Ingrid (December 4, 2013). "Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates Put $9M Into EducationSuperHighway to Improve School Broadband". TechCrunch. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  6. ↑ Johnshon, Sydney (January 17, 2017). "34.9M US Students -88 Percent of School Districts-Now Connected Online". EdSurge. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  7. ↑ Cohen, David (November 20, 2015). "EducationSuperHighway Gets $20 Million From Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan". Adweek. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  8. ↑ Diaz, John (December 27, 2016). "Update on Our Inaugural Winner: A Super Vision Moves Ahead". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  9. ↑ Klein, Alyson (2019-05-15). "'Mission Accomplished' on K-12 Internet Connectivity: A Conversation With Evan Marwell". Education Week. ISSN   0277-4232 . Retrieved 2025-08-05.
  10. ↑ Nation, Connected. "Connected Nation, Funds For Learning Launch "Connect K-12" to Help State, District Leaders Improve School Connectivity". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2025-08-05.
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