| EducationSuperHighway | |
| Type: | Nonprofit organization |
| Founded Date: | 2012 |
| Founder: | Evan Marwell (CEO) |
| Headquarters: | San Francisco, California |
| Focus: | Connecting classrooms to high-speed broadband |
| Services: | Consulting, software |
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 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]