National 501(c)(3) non-profit funding 1:1 virtual Science of Reading tutoring scholarships for first-graders reading below grade level, after connecting 99.3% of US public schools to broadband.
EducationSuperHighway is a national 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 2012 by serial entrepreneur Evan Marwell to address inequities in American K-12 education. Its current focus is closing the literacy gap: the organisation funds 1:1 virtual tutoring scholarships for first-grade students reading below grade level, delivering instruction grounded in the Science of Reading through a Scholarship Granting Organization (SGO) structure. The model provides 15 minutes of tutoring per child each day, on the premise that early, targeted intervention is decisive - 85% of students reading at grade level by the end of first grade remain on track through third grade.
The organisation's origins lie in broadband rather than literacy. Marwell's daughter attended an elementary school where 500 pupils shared a single cable modem, an experience that prompted a national effort to connect America's public schools to high-speed broadband. That programme reported 99.3% of public schools connected, and a related initiative helped 5m low-income households get online, establishing the organisation's track record in digital equity and infrastructure-scale intervention.
Operating across the United States, EducationSuperHighway works at the intersection of education technology, virtual tutoring delivery, literacy instruction and data-driven intervention. The team describes its approach as evidence-based and mission-focused, built on the belief that every child should have the opportunity to become a confident, fluent reader and that closing the literacy gap requires targeted intervention rather than generalised support.
