Brightstorm – An Online Education Startup

Posted on | July 23, 2009 | No Comments

Brightstorm, a start-up, offers online courses to augment what teenagers learn in school and help with the ever-more-challenging process of honing their resumes for college.

The target audience is teenagers hoping to improve their grades and test scores to get into college, as well as their parents. Right now the site has 19 courses ranging from S.A.T. preparation to writing skills to an advanced placement course in United States government. It plans to add more classes, including A.C.T. preparation. The classes, which are not for credit, are taught via online video by high school teachers in 15 to 20 15-minute episodes. A course costs $49 for a year’s access.

via A Start-Up Helps With the Run-Up to College – Bits Blog – NYTimes.com.

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