Category: Online Education

Press release content from PR Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. https://apnews.com/press-release/pr-newswire/business-stock-prices-social-affairs-school-curricula-leading-economic-indicators-a2127fc66f28c90ec0655d33f862d455Click to copy FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — COVID-19 is teaching parents across the country a new lesson: they can take more control over their children’s education, even mid-year. Whether families seek safety, more control, or flexibility, parents do have a...

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 12, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Talentnook, a California based ed-tech start-up, is offering parents and students affordable online homeschooling school curriculum supplement programs that can be started anytime from any location. With all the reopening uncertainty looming over most of the school districts across the U.S., parents are now embracing alternative and innovative online learning pods,...

ST. LOUIS–(BUSINESS WIRE[1])–As COVID cases continue to spike and school districts announce their operating plans for fall, a nationwide survey of 1,000 parents commissioned by Varsity Tutors found nearly half (47 percent) are considering homeschooling during the 2020-2021 school year. In a typical year, 3 percent of students are homeschooled[2]. Parents have doubts about the availability and safety of in-person...

Kristen Smith’s 10-year-old son is a self-motivated student who loves to learn. And while Smith has been told multiple times that she should consider home-schooling her son, who excels academically and jumped from 4th to 6th grade last year, the idea always overwhelmed her. Besides, her son has enjoyed the social aspects of school and needed to work on organizational...