Yorktown Education

Yorktown Education is a non-profit private school for students ages 5 – 18 years in Plano, Texas.

History

Yorktown Education was founded in 2008 by Randall Reiners, who spent over four years studying the education industry before launching the school.[1] He felt that private schools were either not reflecting what was needed in today's business environment or too costly. According to Reiners, “Today’s American educational system is outdated and uncompetitive,” he said. “Basically, I determined we needed to find a new way to educate kids.”[2]

Yorktown Education was first located on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas. It later moved to a larger facility in Plano.

Yorktown Education today

Yorktown Education is accredited by AdvancED and is a member of the Educational Research Bureau. Yorktown Education follows a semester system with individualized learning programs, flexible scheduling and dual college credit.

Future plans

Yorktown Education was designed to become the first of a national chain of small, high-quality private schools priced at half the cost per student of today's public school system and most private institutions. .[3]

References
  1. Phillip J., Britt. "New Texas School Provides Innovative Alternative". Heartland Institute. Retrieved 1 Feb 2009.
  2. "The Wayback Machine has not archived that URL". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  3. Rich, Alison. "Why Are Finnish Kids So Smart?". Fort Worth Child. Retrieved 31 July 2013.

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