TL;DR
Sylvan Learning is pivoting its strategy in response to the pandemic by investing in technology for remote tutoring programs. The company has started a new program called 'School Support at Sylvan' to support families with virtual school needs.
“At Sylvan, we feel like we’re prepared to help our families take on the challenge [of this school year],” said McAuliffe. “We’ve started a new program called ‘School Support at Sylvan’ where children can come into our centers and log into the virtual school and we make sure they are engaged and can help them with their homework.”
McAuliffe attributes their heavy investment in technology to develop a method for remote tutoring over the years for their preparedness for centers to take on this new challenge of the virtual school year.
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This story was originally published in 1851 Franchise on September 1, 2020. Burnaze summarizes and links to the original reporting.
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