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Closing the
K-12 Literacy Gap
EducationSuperHighway is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides literacy tutoring scholarships to first graders who are reading below grade level. Our goal is to help each student become a fluent reader by the end of first grade. This work is made possible thanks to the generosity of our donors and by partnerships with schools and proven literacy tutoring providers.
From 2012 to 2020, EducationSuperHighway led the effort that closed the classroom connectivity gap. In 2013, only 10% of students had access to digital learning in their classrooms. Today, thanks to an unprecedented bipartisan effort by federal, state, and school district leaders, supported by K-12 advocacy organizations, the classroom connectivity gap is closed – 47 million students are connected, and 99.3% of America’s schools have a high-speed broadband connection. Since 2020, it has also connected 5 million low-income households to affordable high-speed broadband.
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Filed IRS Comments
Filed FCC Comments
- Ex Parte Presentation from EducationSuperHighway to Justin Faulb, Chief of Staff and Legal Advisor for Wireline and National Security, Federal Communications Commission on Improving Competitive Broadband Access to Multiple Tenant Environments, GN Docket No. 17-142 (April 2024) Notice | Presentation
- Ex Parte Presentation from EducationSuperHighway to Wireline Competition Bureau on Improving Competitive Broadband Access to Multiple Tenant Environments, GN Docket No. 17-142 (April 2024) Notice | Presentation
- Comments of EducationSuperHighway in Response to NTIA’s Proposed BEAD Challenge Process Guidance (May 2023) Comments
- Establishing the Digital Opportunity Data Collection Ex Parte Presentation to Karen Sprung and Kirk Burgee (September 2022)
Notice | Presentation - Affordable Connectivity Program and the Your Home, Your Internet Pilot Program Ex Parte Notice to Justin Faulb, Chief of Staff and Legal Advisor for Wireline and National Security, Federal Communications Commission (August 2022) Notice
- Affordable Connectivity Program Enrollment Process Challenges Ex Parte Notice and One-Pager to Rashann Duvall, Eduardo Bartholme, Lyle Ishida, James Lee, Jamile Kadre, Tiffany Johnson, and River Crane (July 2022) Notice | One-Pager
- Increasing ACP Adoption and Improving the ACP Enrollment User Experience Ex Parte Presentation to Diane Holland, Jamile Kadre, Jessica Campbell, Jodie Griffin, River Crane, Sherry Ross, and Joanna Fister (July 2022) Notice | Presentation
- Affordable Connectivity Program Wizard FCC Ex Parte Presentation to Ramesh Nagarajan, Legal Advisor – Wireline to Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel (June 2022) Notice | Presentation
- Improving the ACP Enrollment User Experience Ex Parte Presentation to Austin Bonner, Justin Faulb, and Rhonda Hill (June 2022) Notice | Presentation
- Increase Awareness and Enrollment in the ACP Program Ex Parte Notice to Austin Bonner, Justin Faulb, Morgan Bodernarin (June 2022) Notice
- EducationSuperHighway Reply Comments on the Implementation of the Affordable Connectivity Program (April 2022) Comments
- EducationSuperHighway Comments on the Implementation of the Affordable Connectivity Program (March 2022) Comments
- Maximizing the Availability of the Affordable Connectivity Program Ex Parte Notice to Austin Bonner and Trent Harkrader (January 2022) Notice
- Bulk Wi-Fi Purchasing in Low-Income Buildings for the Affordable Connectivity Program Ex Parte Notice to Austin Bonner and Trent Harkrader (January 2022) Notice
EMERGENCY CONNECTIVITY FUND
- Emergency Connectivity Fund Ex Parte Presentation to Carolyn Roddy, Chief of Staff and Senior Legal Advisor for Wireline Issues for Commissioner Simington (May 2021)
- Emergency Connectivity Fund Ex Parte Presentation to Commissioner Starks, Austin Bonner, and Lexi Cafasso (May 2021)
- Emergency Connectivity Fund Ex Parte Presentation to Kris Monteith, Lisa Hone, Ryan Palmer, Johnnay Schreiber, Katherine Dumouchel, Molly O’Conor, and Gabriela Gross (May 2021)
- Emergency Connectivity Fund Ex Parte Presentation to Commissioner Carr, Greg Watson (April 2021)
- Establishing Emergency Connectivity Fund To Close the Homework Gap Reply Comments (April 2021)
- FCC Ex Parte Letter (w/ ACA Connects, Benton Institute, and NTCA) to Acting Chairwoman Rosenworcel and Commissioners Carr, Starks, and Simington Re: Emergency Connectivity Fund for Educational Connections and Devices to Address the Homework Gap During the Pandemic (April 20201)
- Emergency Connectivity Fund Ex Parte Presentation to Commissioner Starks, Austin Bonner, Ramesh Nagarajan, Travis Litman (April 2021)
- Establishing Emergency Connectivity Fund To Close the Homework Gap Initial Comments (April 2021)
EMERGENCY BROADBAND BENEFIT PROGRAM
- Emergency Broadband Connectivity Fund Assistance Comments (January 2021)
- Emergency Broadband Connectivity Fund Assistance presentation to FCC Commissioners (January 2021)
- Emergency Broadband Connectivity Fund Assistance Reply Comments (February 2021)
E-RATE
- Addressing the Homework Gap Through the E-rate Program (March 2021)
- Category 2 NPRM comments (August 2019)
- Overbuilding Petition Comments (July 2019)
- ESH Ex Parte (November, 2018)
- Letter to Chairman Pai (August 2018)
- ESH, CoSN, FFL 13-184 NOI Comments (October 2017)
- FNPRM Comments (September 2014)
- FNPRM Reply Comments (October 2014)
Policy Papers
- 2020 | ConnectAll: A Historic Opportunity to Close America’s Digital Divide
- 2020 | Home Digital Access Data Collection Blueprint for State Education Leaders (In partnership with CCSSO)
- 2020 | Connect All Students: How States and School Districts can Close the Digital Divide (In partnership with Common Sense Media, BCG, and the Walton Family Foundation)
Reports
- 2023 | No Home Left Offline | Free Apartment Wi-Fi: How States Can Close the Digital Divide in Affordable Multi-Dwelling Units
- 2022 | No Home Left Offline | Accelerating Affordable Connectivity Program Adoption
- 2021 | No Home Left Offline | Closing the Broadband Affordability Gap
- 2020 | Digital Bridge K-12
- 2019 | State of the States: The Classroom Connectivity Gap is Closed
- 2018 | State of the States: Expanding Digital Learning to Every Classroom, Every Day
- 2017 | State of the States: Fulfilling our promise to America’s Students
- 2016 | State of the States: A Report on the State of Broadband Connectivity in America’s Public Schools
- 2015 | State of the States: A Report on the State of Broadband Connectivity in America’s Public Schools
- Connecting Every Classroom – An Analysis of Costs to Upgrade and Maintain Robust Local Area Networks for all K–12 Public Schools (May 2014) (In partnership with CoSN)
- Bringing Everyone Up to Speed Part A – An Analysis of Costs to Upgrade and Maintain WAN and Internet Access Connections for all K-12 Public Schools (October 2014) (In partnership with CoSN)
- Bringing Everyone Up to Speed Part B – Impact of Policy Levers to Lower Ongoing Costs (October 2014)
- Smarter Spending for Smarter Students: Upgrading Arkansas’ K-12 Broadband (December 2014)
- Broadband Access for Native-X