Study.com Partners with RTI International to Expand Access to Registered Apprenticeship Programs in the K-12 Education Sector

Partnership continues the company's ongoing commitment to support educator pathways

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Study.com, provider of an award-winning online platform for K-12 curriculum, college courses and test preparation, has partnered with the Educator Registered Apprenticeship (ERA) Intermediary, managed by RTI International, to support teacher apprenticeship programs across the country. This strategic partnership is designed to improve the educator workforce pipeline, specifically by providing supported pathways through apprenticeship programs.

Registered Apprenticeship programs in education have grown in recent years to help expand low-cost pathways into the teaching profession. Through this partnership, Study.com will provide 1,000 licenses to its platform that will be distributed to teacher apprenticeship programs that are engaged with the ERA Intermediary and do not have the resources to access test preparation courses at scale.  

"Our mission at the ERA is to help organizations recruit, train, and retain highly qualified educators using an apprenticeship model. This requires supporting apprentices through the program by addressing barriers to completion," noted Joyce Milling, ERA state coach. "When we met with an employer partner in Michigan, it became clear that passing the state licensure exam remained a barrier for a few apprentices. Although we had secured funding for the apprentices to re-take the state exams, we still needed a better way for the apprentices to prepare for those exams and wanted to find a proven method for that preparation – that's where Study.com stepped in with the solution."

In a recent research project with ETS and Teach.org, teacher candidates with sufficient use of Study.com for test preparation consistently passed the Praxis exam at higher rates than candidates with less usage. For example, among re-takers in NC, those who met Study.com usage standards had a 1.7X higher pass rate.

"With today's educator shortages, it's important that we provide solutions to aspiring teachers to help reduce barriers to entering the classroom," said Dana Bryson, SVP of Social Impact, Study.com. "By offering comprehensive test preparation tools and resources, we can support a broader pool of teacher candidates – helping to create a stronger education system that benefits all students."

Through Keys to the Classroom, Study.com partners with education departments, school districts, colleges of education and education-focused nonprofits to help aspiring educators prepare and pass their credentialing exams. This social impact initiative has received numerous accolades including Tech & Learning Back-to-School Awards of Excellence, THE Journal for Best Adaptive / Personalized Learning Tool, and Tech & Learning: Best of 2024.

About Study.com

Study.com opens the door to the life-changing impact of education for more than 34 million learners and educators a month through its award-winning online learning platform for K12 curriculum, college courses and test preparation. With learners and educators in more than 11,000 school districts nationwide, Study.com is recognized by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) for meeting Level IV evidence standards. Headquartered in Mountain View, CA, Study.com has been honored as one of the world's most innovative companies by Fast Company and included in the GSV150, celebrating the world's most transformative private companies in education, for the last four consecutive years. The company has donated $29 million across social impact programs . These programs include Working Scholars®, an accelerated pathway for working adults to earn a debt-free bachelor's degree; College Saver, which has saved students more than $475 million in tuition costs, and Keys to the Classroom, which seeks to help aspiring educators prepare for and pass their teacher certification exams.

About ERA

With funding from the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Apprenticeship (OA), the ERA Intermediary seeks to assist states and school districts who are facing significant challenges in attracting and retaining teachers and school staff.

SOURCE Study.com