Educational Options and Deployment Supports
Explore educational options available in your community. Find resources to help your Family through the deployment cycle.
Army Youth Sponsorship Program
The Army Youth Sponsorship program matches your child with a peer to help them transition to a new duty station.
No matter where you are stationed, a School Liaison Officer (SLO) is available to support military Families and students through all types of transitions. SLOs provide assistance before and after PCS moves, as well as during transitions related to deployments. Additionally, we support families as students progress through key educational milestones—moving from elementary to middle school, middle school to high school, and transitioning to post-secondary opportunities such as college, military service, or entering the workforce.
Military OneSource
Military OneSource is an official U.S. Department of Defense program that provides free, 24/7 confidential support, resources, and information to active-duty, National Guard and reserve service members, their families, and survivors. It assists with everyday concerns, deployment, and military life transitions.
Pennsylvania Department of Education
The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) is the state agency responsible for overseeing public K-12 education, higher education, and adult education services across the Commonwealth. It manages teacher certification, academic standards, and school funding, striving to provide equitable, high-quality learning opportunities for all Pennsylvania students.
Military Interstate Children’s Compact Commission (MIC3)
The Military Interstate Children’s Compact Commission (MIC3) is the governing body of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children or ICEOMC. Commission members include the 50 states, District of Columbia, and seven ex-officio representatives – which include the US Department of Defense (USDOD). In addition to the USDOD, the Compact supports uniformed members of the federal Departments of Commerce, Homeland and Health and Human Services. The collaborative’s mission: ease the educational transitions of school-aged, military and uniform-connected students attending public schools, to include Department of Defense Education Activity schools worldwide, and also promulgate and enforce the compact rules.
While the Compact is not exhaustive in its coverage, it addresses key issues encountered by military families: eligibility, enrollment, placement, and graduation. In addition, the Compact provides for a detailed governance structure at both the state and national levels with built-in enforcement and compliance mechanisms. The goal of the Compact is to replace the widely varying policies affecting transitioning military students. The Compact leverages consistency: It uses a comprehensive approach that provides a consistent policy, for the areas specified in the compact, in every school district and member state.
Tutor.com
We are proud to provide a learning platform that is fully ADA- and Section 508-compliant, ensuring that all students can access and benefit from our services. Our platform offers a range of accessibility features:
- Chat and audio tutoring options for hearing-impaired learners
- A fully keyboard-operable, tab-navigable classroom compatible with popular screen readers (e.g., JAWS, Kurzweil, NVDA)
- Text equivalents for all non-text content and a logical tab order to ensure accurate screen reader interpretation
- No required downloads or plugins, preserving compatibility with assistive technologies and operating system accessibility features such as mouse keys, sticky keys, and toggle keys
In addition, our tutors receive specialized training to support learners with a variety of physical, cognitive, and learning needs. To learn more about our accessibility commitment, visit website.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational organization dedicated to providing a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. Founded in 2008 by Sal Khan, the platform offers short instructional videos, practice exercises, and personalized learning dashboards to help students study at their own pace. Created by experts, Khan Academy’s library of trusted, standards-aligned practice and lessons covers math K-12 through early college, grammar, science, history, AP®, SAT®, and more. It’s all free for learners and teachers.
