Two years ago, EducationSuperHighway was getting ready to hang up its proverbial hat. The nonprofit said it had reached its goal of ensuring that 99 percent of U.S. schools were connected to high-speed internet, a boon to digital learning. Founder and CEO Evan Marwell was even looking forward to a sabbatical after eight years leading the organization.
But then—as we all know too well—the pandemic hit.
“My phone started ringing, and people in DC were calling, governor’s offices were calling. They were saying the same thing,” Marwell recalls. “We don’t know how many of [our students] have internet or how to connect them.”
