XplanaZine

By Kyle Collins

ZipRoad (www.ziproad.org) is One Economy Corporation’s innovative education toolthat helps parents, students and caregivers find education-related resources in their communities.

By simply entering one’s zip code, users are quickly on the path to finding information about schools, as well as quality and affordable after school tutoring, homework assistance, and other learning programs in their neighborhoods.  Users are able to comment, rate, and review these services, thereby sharing their own experiences and expertise with the public. ZipRoad is available in English as well as Spanish, and caters to parents, caregivers, and students of all literacy levels.

•  ZipRoad’s unique features make researching education programs easy. It features:
• A searchable database of schools and after school, summer, tutoring, and college programs.
• Resources which are submitted and updated by users.
• The ability of users to rate, review, and comment on programs and services in their communities.
• Personalized accounts that allow parents to create a list of programs of their interest

 Please take a look at this groundbreaking website, as it offers many helpful resources for its users.