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Innovations Are Here: 6 Ways How Pandemic Has Changed the Way We Study

Online tutoring has enjoyed a “record-breaking interest” in 2020, Wyzant reported in August. And that’s only natural. With all that’s been said above about the convenience of Zoom sessions, they are still far from being as effective as in-person lessons, which results in students needing extra help from teachers.

These Are Our 15 Featured Chicago Companies of the Month

Due to the pandemic and the struggle to navigate remote learning, Wyzant has seen a massive increase in the number of people seeking tutors.

What ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Got Right (and Wrong), According to a Chess Expert

After watching The Queen’s Gambit (multiple times), we couldn’t help but wonder if the popular Netflix series is the real deal. For example, does The Queen’s Gambit accurately reflect the game of chess?

‘A better time than any’: Finding joy in music lessons, jams

People are turning to music lessons during the pandemic.

As Covid-19 Closes U.S. Classrooms, Families Turn to India for Homework Help

Coronavirus pandemic is boosting India’s education-technology industry; ‘We get that one-on-one attention they need and it’s affordable’

How To Explain The Election And Voting To Kids

Here's what parents should know about talking to their children about the electoral college, choosing a candidate to support and more.

It’s Not Too Late To Have Meaningful Gap Year

While gap years aren’t uncommon, students typically use these sabbaticals to travel the world or volunteer for causes that are close to their heart. Some opt to pursue on-site internships that offer an up-close view into the field they hope to pursue. But this year, as COVID-19 continues to raise health concerns that complicate travel and require social distancing...

How remote learning’s flaws pushed me to leave my university teaching job

A teacher who now tutors online left a traditional position because she didn’t want to be part of a broken system that wasn’t serving all students’ best interests.

The best back-to-school benefits companies are offering their employees

At the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, companies quickly realized the old workplace benefits—on-site meals and dry-cleaning, anyone?—wouldn't translate to remote work.

From speedier Wi-Fi to new bikes: As the pandemic drags on, companies pay for work-from-home perks beyond the basics

Six months into the coronavirus pandemic and with no return to the office in sight, Chicago-area employers are realizing that working remotely through a global health crisis requires more than helping employees pay for a comfy office chair.

Wyzant Launches Program To Help Parents Teach Kids At Home

Andrew Geant Co-Founder and CEO of Wyzant joins Cheddar to discuss the company's newest ways to help parents with children trying to learn from home.

The best tutoring apps and websites

Know Your Pandemic Schooling Options

As districts decide how to handle the fall semester, parents are podding up, scheduling tutors and enlisting relatives.

Dear parents of college freshmen: A gap year might not be so bad

Elaine Richards, President and COO of Wyzant addresses the parents of the class of 2024

10 Online Tutoring Services to Help Rescue Your GPA, Sanity

From instructional videos to live one-on-one help, often 24/7, these online services can help you get ahead academically. And they're usually less expensive than an IRL tutor.

Parents Are Overwhelmed by Homeschooling After Schools Close For Pandemic Response

Wyzant Survey Finds Out How Stressed They Feel

4 Key Ways to Create a Culture of Learning

Supporting learning strengthens employee engagement, which sustains your firm when economic uncertainty looms.

University retention is falling, but data interventions can help

Co-Founder & CEO Andrew Geant talk about how universities can use big-data insights to drive targeted interventions against student drop out.

Seven Ways To Build Community Engagement And Grow Your Business

To help shed some light on how to choose which community engagement projects to commit to, seven members of Forbes Chicago Business Council offer their top tip for effectively engaging community members.

Could On-Demand Online Tutoring Be The Gateway To Personalizing Learning For Colleges?

Here's How Exceptionally Successful People Generate Their Own Good Luck

The good news is that you can do it too.

8 entrepreneurs who scaled and lived to tell the tale

Co-Founder & CEO Andrew Geant talks about scaling Wyzant

Inside scoop: The emerging technologies 6 Chicago tech leaders are watching

Leading a company’s tech team is about more than just choosing technologies. These leaders are also responsible for monitoring emerging tech and industry trends, helping their teams tackle technical challenges and creating cultures that foster innovation, creativity and growth.

Ruby or Python? 5 tech leaders on why they chose their languages and frameworks

For startup founders, picking the languages and frameworks that shape the core product will have major implications for as long as that product is around.

Wyzant: An Online Community of Tutors Helps Daters Expand Their Skill Sets & Make a Good Impression

If you’re looking to improve your communication skills to impress a date, Wyzant’s easy-to-use website can connect you with resources to learn public speaking, writing, grammar, and other valuable topics

From Accounting to Tax Prep (and All the Math In Between)

How Wyzant’s Network of 80,000+ Tutors Can Help You Learn Key Finance Skills

Back-to-school: Tutoring as a Proactive Tool

A tutor is the key to staying sharp all year long.

Back-to-school Tips for Returning Students

WyzAnt makes San Francisco's KRON4 list of top apps and websites for homework help.

6 Steps to Adopting Core Values that Stick

How can you feel confident your desired culture and values are being upheld, unless you articulate them?

From Music to Shopping: Preventing Brain Drain

WyzAnt.com user and Raleigh private tutor Kevin B. explains how parents can turn anything into a teaching opportunity this summer.

Pre-learning vs. Brain Drain

Jerry L., a tutor on WyzAnt, explains how to use private tutoring to "pre-learn" next year's difficult subjects on WOTC Savannah.

Preparing for the Talk About Grades

Ryan L., a tutor on WyzAnt, joins WRCB Chattanooga to give parents the tools for talking grades at the end of the school year.