EducationSuperHighway

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]

EducationSuperHighway
Founded2012
FounderEvan Marwell (CEO)
TypeNonprofit organization
FocusConnecting classrooms to high-speed broadband
HeadquartersSan Francisco, California
ServicesConsulting, software
Websiteeducationsuperhighway.org

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]

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.
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