With the pandemic making virtual learning commonplace across school districts, parents with the resources to afford private tutors are hiring them to teach their children in small groups with other children, or pods.

Pandemic pods have drawn criticism over the advantage privileged parents have in accessing them and how they can possibly take educators away from teaching virtually for local school districts. While some families have been able to find early success with these pods, they are still very much experiments in learning.

TechGirlz Director Amy Cliett is aware of the perception people may have of pods and wants to instead use them in an inclusive way to virtually teach tech skills: The tech education organization is adapting to COVID-19 with its own version of virtual education pods to connect with middle school girls, called TechPodz.

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