EducationSuperHighway
| Founded | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Evan Marwell (CEO) |
| Type | Nonprofit organization |
| Focus | Connecting classrooms to high-speed broadband |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California |
| Services | Consulting, software |
| Website | 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]
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
[edit]- ^ Paulas, Rick (February 17, 2016). "Bringing Schools Into the 21st Century". Pacific Standard. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
- ^ Bush, Ann (November 29, 2016). "Stat Announces Partnership With EducationSuperHighway". Kansas State Department of Education. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
- ^ Cohan, Peter (December 4, 2013). "Gates and Zuckerberg Fund EducationSuperHighway To Boost Public School Bandwidth". Forbes. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
- ^ Gomes, Patricia; Wan, Tony (November 19, 2015). "America's Classrooms Online: 24.5 Million Students Now Up to Speed". EdSurge. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
- ^ Lunden, Ingrid (December 4, 2013). "Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates Put $9M Into EducationSuperHighway to Improve School Broadband". TechCrunch. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
- ^ Johnshon, Sydney (January 17, 2017). "34.9M US Students -88 Percent of School Districts-Now Connected Online". EdSurge. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
- ^ Cohen, David (November 20, 2015). "EducationSuperHighway Gets $20 Million From Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan". Adweek. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
- ^ Diaz, John (December 27, 2016). "Update on Our Inaugural Winner: A Super Vision Moves Ahead". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved September 3, 2017.