While many students have likely suffered learning loss during COVID-19, it may have a far greater impact on incoming 1st graders simply because of where they are in their development.
Updated: 5:58 PM EDT May 30, 2021
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Show Transcript HUMID AND WARM, NEAR 80. JENNIFER: WE ARE COMING TO THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR HERE IN MARYLAND. AND AS WE APPROACH THE SUMMER, SOME STUDENTS MAY HAVE FALLEN BEHIND IN THEIR STUDIES BECAUSE OF THE VIRTUAL LEARNING, AND SO JOINING US THIS MORNING WITH MORE IS EMILY LOVETT WITH SYLVAN LEARNING CENTERS WITH HOW KIDS CAN CATCH UP OVER THE SUMMER. THANKS FOR JOINING US THANKS FOR HAVING ME. JENNIFER: WHAT TYPES OF PROGRAMS DOES SYLVAN OFFER? WE OFFER ONE ON ONE IN PRE-K THROUGH 12. WE RUN THE GAMUT IN SUBJECTS AND AGES. WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM PARENTS? PARENTS ARE CONCERNED. AS A MOM OF TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS, I GET IT. I AM TOO. IT S A ROUGH YEAR FOR KIDS A TEACHERS AND PARENTS. SO WHEN WE STARTED BACK IN THE FALL, NO ONE KNOWS WHAT TO EXPECT. IS MY CHILD READY? WHAT WILL BE THE TRANSITION BETWEEN REMOTE AND FULL-TIME, EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK. JENNIFER: WHEN YOU DO THE ONE ON ONE OR SMALL GROUP
Why Corporations Should Be Promoting Supplemental and Enrichment Education Through Employee Benefits Based on Successes Seen by Sylvan Learning
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The “new normal” of remote work has put an undue burden on working parents and their children. It’s time for corporations to step up and offer these families help for the good of the children, the workers and the companies. BALTIMORE (PRWEB) January 26, 2021 Working parents never had it easy, but now with offices and schools closed, the home office/school has become more difficult to manage than ever. That’s where corporations can step in to offer benefits like supplemental learning that work for the child, the worker and the company.
Sylvan Learning and Elevate K-12 Partner To Bring Top Quality Teaching To Students and Flexible Work Opportunities To Teachers
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Sylvan Learning, a leader in supplemental and enrichment education, has joined forces with Elevate K-12, the category leader in high-quality live teaching, to offer a fresh new vision for classes and finding cooperation within the teaching industry. BALTIMORE (PRWEB) January 12, 2021 Sylvan Learning, the leading brand in supplemental and enrichment education, has partnered with Elevate K-12, the leader in live-streamed teaching, to revolutionize teaching not only for students, but for the professionals that dedicate their lives to education.
Sylvan brings over 40 years of experience and more than 750 points of presence across North America to the partnership. It’s an established brand that millions of students and families have come to trust for before-and-after-school e
A ‘Revolutionary’ Year
All of the participants have faced challenges navigating COVID-19, but they also see opportunities and changes that will last well into the future. They have also seen first-hand the challenges schools, teachers, students and parents are facing as they adjust to online learning.
“We’ve taken education and turned it into a screen,” Levitt said.
She asked panelists how this was affecting today’s education.
“Everyone is burned out,” in the second half of the year with the screen-centered approach, Velky said.
Educators, Velky said, “have learned from this experience about how to connect, and how not to connect.” The shift to actual engagement through technology, he said, “will be a more difficult shift than moving to technology.”