by Supporting Education | Dec 14, 2020 | News, Student Issues
With winter break either here or only a week away, the first report cards of the 2020-21 school year are going out. And they’re terrible. Schools everywhere in the country are reporting steep dives in the average grades of their students, with several times more...
by Supporting Education | Oct 19, 2020 | News, Student Issues
In this strange new school year, more than 50 million U.S. children are learning remotely. And as many as a third of those, approximately 16 million, are thought to have inadequate access to either a usable computer, a reliable internet connection, or both, according...
by Supporting Education | Mar 20, 2020 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues
With schools across the country closed to help slow the spread of COVID-19, parents everywhere are looking for options to help diversify their home education options. Here is a small selection of free education resources for a variety of subjects. Math Prodigy Math...
by Sarah Green | Jan 24, 2018 | Student Issues
Online college programs are popular, with nearly two percent of the U.S. population enrolled in at least one course at any given time (according to a 2015 study). They come from public schools, from private non-profits and for-profits, though recent years (and recent...
by Sarah Green | Jun 17, 2016 | Student Issues
Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania has blazed a trail in online business education. They were the first business school to offer a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) in 2013. To date, more than 2.7 million students from around the globe have enrolled in...