
Toward the end of the 1990's, local exchange carrier telecommunications pioneer Todd Meislahn was researching the continuing nationwide decline in reading and math scores among school-aged kids. He decided something needed to be done. Mr. Meislahn started dealing with the founder of Sylvan Learning Systems, the world's biggest tutoring firm and later became President & CEO of KnowledgePoints, a national tutoring franchise with over one hundred locations. In January 2001, he established Advantage Point Learning.