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title: "Cheddar: Sylvan Learning Pivots Strategy as Pandemic Upends the Start of the School Year"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/053573bf-c653-4465-bdbe-22295bebf8ec
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/cheddar-sylvan-learning-pivots-strategy-as-pandemic-upends-the-start-of-the-school-year-2713797
category: "Tutoring"
industry: "Education & Childcare"
segment: "Tutoring"
published: 2020-09-01T19:14:33.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:01:19.904Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/5ff12bb0abea2f99f568dd36063891355804.jpg
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# Cheddar: Sylvan Learning Pivots Strategy as Pandemic Upends the Start of the School Year

**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.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2020-09-01. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/cheddar-sylvan-learning-pivots-strategy-as-pandemic-upends-the-start-of-the-school-year-2713797).*

## Story

“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.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Education & Childcare (sector)
- Sylvan Learning (company)
- pandemic response (topic)
- remote tutoring (topic)
- virtual school support (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/cheddar-sylvan-learning-pivots-strategy-as-pandemic-upends-the-start-of-the-school-year-2713797). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/053573bf-c653-4465-bdbe-22295bebf8ec).