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

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:

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Full Speed Ahead: Connecting America's Students to the Internet and Opportunity is an episode from For The Movement by National Urban League.

This episode is 29:25 long.

This episode was published on Nov 13, 2020.

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