Private Tutors, Pop-Up Schools or Nothing at All: How Employers Are Helping Parents

Private Tutors, Pop-Up Schools or Nothing at All: How Employers Are Helping Parents

UpshotBenefits depend on where people work, and the kind of job they have, a new survey finds, highlighting disparities that predate the pandemic.By Claire Cain MillerImageLilly and Dylan Taylor attend remote school at their mother's empty office in Portland, Ore. Her company, Kinesis, hired a teacher, Katie Peters, right, to help employees' children learn while their parents work from home. Credit...Leah Nash for The New York TimesParents who are doing several jobs at once during the pandemic — employee, teacher and full-time child care provider — need help. But whether they get it largely depends on where they work.Some of the country's biggest companies, including Microsoft, Facebook and Google, have offered paid time off and subsidized child care. Other companies have gotten creative, hosting online camps or hiring teachers and turning