Category: Press Release

Rising Popularity of Homeschooling Helping to Drive Low Cost Online Education Options.

Johnson City, TN, August 02, 2018 –(PR.com)– While many homeschooled students get the summer off from regular classes, homeschooling parents never take a break from ministering to their children. Nor do moms stop looking for the best curricula to use in their teaching.

Around the world this summer, more than 7,000 member families are gearing up for the new school year, excited about the nearly 400 courses offered by SchoolhouseTeachers.com, a division of The Old Schoolhouse®. Students love the fun and informative lessons; parents love the way the subjects are based on a Biblical worldview.

“Some Christian families spend thousands of dollars each year on private school education, but not every family can afford that,” explained Gena Suarez, founder of The Old Schoolhouse®. “We developed SchoolhouseTeachers.com to offer families the quality of a private education at a fraction of the cost and designed the courses to not only help parents teach their children, but also to minister to them. Students learn Christian values while they are learning subjects like history, science, and language arts.”

Membership to SchoolhouseTeachers.com gives a family access to more than 380 courses and homeschool set up and planning tools, with no limit on number of children, or courses studied at a price of less than $20 per month. How is this possible? It begins with the determination of Paul & Gena Suarez, founders of The Old Schoolhouse®, that money should not prevent any child from receiving the best homeschool education. It is then made possible by the fact that everything members access is 100% digital. There are no textbooks to purchase, so no boxes need to be shipped to the home. All the resources are downloadable and printable.

The benefit of volume sales is another factor that allows savings to be passed on to the members. The rising popularity of homeschooling is helping to drive online homeschool education. Growing faster than expected, the online K-12 education market reached $67 billion in 2017 (Global Online K-12 Education Market Report 2018, BisReport, March 1, 2018). With over 7,000 member families and counting, SchoolhouseTeachers.com is pleased to be a leading player in a growing industry that is helping parents teach the next generation at home.

About The Old Schoolhouse®

The Old Schoolhouse, LLC is a privately held corporation that publishes the industry-leading homeschool education print magazine, The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine, as well as hundreds of books and planning support tools for homeschooling families. SchoolhouseTeachers.com, a division of The Old Schoolhouse®, supports over 7,000 member families with more than 380 courses for preschool through high school as well as educational videos, World Book online, planning tools, transcripts, and support for homeschooling parents. Established in 2001, The Old Schoolhouse® is focused on providing affordable solutions for homeschooling families. Read the story of Paul and Gena Suarez and how they started The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine from their home while homeschooling their children almost two decades ago.

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NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–To celebrate educators just in time for back-to-school, Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest retail bookseller, will kick off the school year with Educator Appreciation Days every Saturday and Sunday in August. Starting Saturday, August 4, all stores nationwide will feature special discounts* to celebrate pre-K-12 public, private and homeschool teachers and administrators, including 25% off most merchandise like books, toys and games; and limited-time giveaways from Sterling Publishing, while supplies last. The offer will also be valid online at BN.com Saturday, August 25 and Sunday, August 26.

“We are thrilled to announce Barnes & Noble’s August Educator Appreciation Days, which give teachers and administrators the opportunity to get the supplies they need at a great value right in time for the new school year,” said Tracy Vidakovich, Vice President, Business Development for Barnes & Noble. “At Barnes & Noble, we think it is important to recognize teachers and administrators for all they do, and we do so all year long. For the past nine years, through our free Barnes & Noble Educator Discount Card Program, we have given educators 20% off list price on most in-store and online purchases for classroom use throughout the year, and 25% off during special appreciation events.”

August’s Educator Appreciation Days special discount offerings are:

• 25% off list price on most books, gifts, music, DVDs, and toys and games for classroom purchase;
• 10% off all Café consumables purchases; and
• 10% off select products to encourage tech-based fun including Air Hogs Hyper Drift Drone by Spin Master, Code Gamer by Thames & Kosmos, LEGO® BOOST Creative Toolbox, and much more.

As an added bonus, select Sterling Publishing titles will be given away with educator purchases, while supplies last, on Saturday, August 4. Educators can choose one of the following titles to receive for free with their purchase, while supplies last: Write-On Wipe-Off Learning Cards: Shapes (Flash Kids), Snow Dance (Richard Scarry’s Readers Series: Level 1), and Flash Forward Reading: Grade 5 (Flash Kids).

Barnes & Noble already has a full week of Appreciation Days lined up for October 2018, from October 6-14, to continue to support teachers into the school year. The special discounts offered during Educator Appreciation Days are available to pre-K to grade 12 teachers, administrators and homeschoolers, enrolled in the free Barnes & Noble Educator Discount Card Program.

Barnes & Noble supports teachers all year through the Barnes & Noble Educator Discount Card Program, which offers pre-K through grade 12 educators 20% off list price on most in-store and online purchases for classroom use throughout the year, and 25% off during special appreciation events. To take advantage of these offers, educators can apply for their Barnes & Noble Educator Discount Card in their local store or download the form from the Educator Application page online.

Barnes & Noble also partners with schools on bookfairs to help them raise funds, while also hosting events throughout the year to help make reading more fun and accessible for children and families across the country.

*Exclusions can be found in the Educator Program Terms and Conditions available at www.BN.com/Educator. Educators must present a valid Barnes & Noble Educator Discount Card to receive the discounts in store. Educators can also receive the discounts online at BN.com only on Saturday, August 25 and Sunday, August 26, by entering their educator number in the Membership area of the page.

About Barnes & Noble, Inc.

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) is the world’s largest retail bookseller, and a leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products. The Company operates 630 Barnes & Noble bookstores in 50 states, and one of the Web’s premier e-commerce sites, BN.com (www.bn.com). The Nook Digital business offers a lineup of popular NOOK® tablets and eReaders and an expansive collection of digital reading and entertainment content through the NOOK Store®. The NOOK Store (www.nook.com) features digital books, periodicals and comics, and offers the ability to enjoy content across a wide array of popular devices through Free NOOK Reading Apps™ available for Android™, iOS® and Windows®.

General information on Barnes & Noble, Inc. can be obtained by visiting the Company’s corporate website at www.barnesandnobleinc.com.

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Barnes & Noble, Inc.
Mary Ellen Keating, 212-633-3323
Senior Vice President Director
Corporate Communications
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or
Barnes & Noble, Inc.
Alex Ortolani, 212-633-3379
Director
Corporate Communications
aortolani@bn.com