"After retiring from teaching in 2020, I was looking for ways to make money from home, and I came across Outschool, an online learning platform," says Maria Thorne, 54.

Even with a career as fulfilling as teaching, maintaining enthusiasm has been one of the hardest battles of my quarantine. Meshing my home life and job adds to my anxieties.

School closures required remote learning and teaching from home. This has resulted in wide variations in learning progression and gaps according to how much support parents were able to provide.