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title: "Fort Bend Star: Former Teacher Amanda Cockrum to Open Sylvan Learning Center in Fulshear, Texas"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/306e1f53-ccab-489c-98a4-a5677bc846d2
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/fort-bend-star-former-teacher-amanda-cockrum-to-open-sylvan-learning-center-in-fulshear-texas-2712503
category: "Tutoring"
industry: "Education & Childcare"
segment: "Tutoring"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2020-03-12T20:15:17.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:28:21.371Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/b9af4782855a1d3cb5b34d180e68988c618.jpg
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# Fort Bend Star: Former Teacher Amanda Cockrum to Open Sylvan Learning Center in Fulshear, Texas

**TL;DR:** Amanda Cockrum, a former teacher, is opening a new Sylvan Learning center in Fulshear, Texas, to provide quality education to students. This will be the area's third Sylvan Learning location, in addition to Sugar Land and Missouri City.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2020-03-12. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/fort-bend-star-former-teacher-amanda-cockrum-to-open-sylvan-learning-center-in-fulshear-texas-2712503).*

## Story

**According to the Fort Bend Star****, former Fort Bend Independent School District teacher and mother of two Amanda Cockrum is set to open a** **Sylvan Learning center** **in Fulshear, Texas later this year. This will be the area’s third** **Sylvan Learning** **along with locations in Sugar Land and Missouri City. Drawing from her own experience as a teacher and mother, Cockrum told the Star she is making it her mission to relieve parents and educators in the area of the sole responsibility for their children’s education.**

**“There’s such demand for tutors and learning gaps for children out there,” Cockrum said. “The schools do a great job in providing interventions for students, but sometimes it just isn’t enough and kids need that extra push.”**

**Sylvan Learning will work to close that gap by providing the students of Fulshear tutoring, academic coaching, test prep and STEM learning activities.**

**Georgia Chasen, Sylvan Learning’s Vice President of Development, told the Fort Bend Star, “The county’s significant economic development highlights an opportunity for new franchisee business opportunities, but is also a sign of an increased educational focus within the local community.”**

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- franchise expansion (topic)
- Education & Childcare (sector)
- Sylvan Learning (company)
- education (topic)
- tutoring services (topic)
- Sugar Land (location)
- Missouri City (location)
- Fulshear, Texas (location)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/fort-bend-star-former-teacher-amanda-cockrum-to-open-sylvan-learning-center-in-fulshear-texas-2712503). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/306e1f53-ccab-489c-98a4-a5677bc846d2).