Coronavirus shutdowns across the country have thrown school districts and higher education institutions into disarray. They’re bracing for budget cuts and other financial troubles. But for some online education companies, the upheaval represents a chance to profit. Last month, Hechinger reported that website traffic was surging for some ed tech companies. Connections Academy, the virtual […]
Author Archives: Sarah Butrymowicz
Sarah Butrymowicz is senior editor for investigations. For her first four years at The Hechinger Report, she was a staff writer, covering k-12 education, traveling the country and developing an affinity for rural America. She then fell in love with spreadsheets and statistics and served as data editor for two years. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post and The New York Times, as well as on Time.com and NBCNews.com. She’s won several journalism awards including the Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award for investigative reporting and two Front Page awards from the Newswomen’s Club of New York. She was also a 2020 Livingston Award finalist for international reporting. Before receiving a bachelor’s degree from Tufts University and an M.S. from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, she attended public schools in Connecticut, where she had a tendency to go overboard on school projects. Her family still talks about her sixth grade haunted house project in hushed, reverent tones.
