Seems like a weird time to make this change, when the rise in virtual schooling due to the pandemic has turned most parents into homeschool teachers of some description or another. Now only active students, teachers, or staff members at US educational institutions can get the discount. Gone is the “Homeschool teachers” option, and the option for parents of “current and newly accepted college students.” Screenshot: KnowTechie edu email address.Īpple has also changed the language for who can get the discount. The US site was more of an honor system and didn’t even require a. The Apple stores in UK and India already use Unidays to verify entitlement to the educational pricing. That brings Apple’s educational discount in the US more in line with how it works in other countries. Now you will have to verify your education credentials through Unidays, a third-party verification service.

Apple is introducing a new verification step in the US to ensure that its educational discounts actually go to, well, educators and students.

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