Educate Services is a company that delivers tutoring and other supplemental education services to students in pre-kindergarten through grade 12. It operates through Sylvan Learning, which is a provider of in-center and online tutoring services at home to students of various ages, grades and skill levels. Founded in 1979, it has over 1,200 centers located throughout North America. The company s process and personalized methods have served nearly 2 million students. It provides individual instruction in reading, writing, mathematics, study skills and test-preparation for college entrance and state examinations. Sylvan Learning provides supplemental education programs in the areas of advanced reading skills and writing and college preparatory writing.