Virtually every education reform idea in the U.S. is founded upon digital learning. But digital learning requires robust broadband and today, 72% of our K-12 schools do not have the speed they need. The nonprofit organization EducationSuperHighway sees a solution: the modernization of a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) program called E-rate that was created in 1996 to fund the move from dial-up to broadband in schools.

In 2013, Studio Usher was awarded an Ideas that Matter grant to develop print and digital materials for EducationSuperHighway and help them garner support for aggressive E-rate reform from the White House, Congress and FCC commissioners. The impact has been astounding.

Read the full case study with juror comments here: [http://www.aiga.org/case-study-education-super-highway/]

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