• Full Speed Ahead: Connecting America’s Students to the Internet and Opportunity

  • Nov 13 2020
  • Length: 29 mins
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Full Speed Ahead: Connecting America’s Students to the Internet and Opportunity

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  • On this episode, we are joined by Evan Marwell, CEO of EducationSuperhighway, a non-profit organization that just smashed a very ambitious goal to connect 99% of America’s public school classrooms to high-speed internet. Mr. Marwell talks about the work and partnerships that contributed to this successful venture and what’s next for the organization as America’s students migrate away from classrooms to at-home learning.

    The hosts for this episode are Clint Odom, NUL Senior Vice President of Policy & Advocacy and Toni Wiley, NUL Director of Advocacy.

    From the National Urban League, For The Movement discusses persistent policy, social, and civil rights issues affecting communities of color.

    Discussed in this episode:

    National Urban League

    Black

    Black America

    African-American

    News

    Information

    Advocacy

    Politics

    Education

    COVID

    Students

    Public Schools

    Digital divide

    Technology

    High-Speed Internet

    Broadband

    Opportunity

    FCC

    Jessica Rosenworcel

    Bill Kennard

    Comcast

    Charter

    Telecom

    Internet Service Provider

    Governors

    Affordability

    School closure

    Homework gap

    Remote learning

    Jobs

    Pandemic

    Homeless

    Eviction

    Foreclosure

    Displacement

    Learning labs

     

    Twitter and Instagram: @edsuperhighway

    Website: www.educationsuperhighway.org
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