COVID-19 has no doubt changed the way students learn. Today, Oklahoma City Public Schools announced their e3 Online Learning program – even as a post-pandemic option. The district rolled out the program at Coolidge Elementary School today and explained why parents should consider it. The district said roughly 4,000 students are enrolled in their e3 program right now and they hope that those numbers will go up for the next school year.“e3 Online Learning provides a unique opportunity for our families to have their children learn 100% from home while remaining an integral and important part of their neighborhood school,” said Kenny Ward, OKCPS director of online learning.Ward said despite pandemic challenges, OKCPS has seen great success with its students – especially how they’re progressing academically. “When we have done benchmarks district-wide, some of our e3 teachers like Ms. Chandler, out of the whole district, it was our e3 kids that were scoring the highest,�
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Research may shed light on impact of shift to virtual learning in pandemic
Dylan Wagner, 11, works on a tablet Dev. 9 at the Growing Words Project in Cedar Rapids. This portion of the language processing study being conducted by the University of Iowa looks at how quickly subjects can switch between responses. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
Staff research assistant Sneh Jhaveri works Dec. 9 with Dylan Wagner, 11, at the Growing Words Project in Cedar Rapids. “When the project concludes, I’m excited to learn how children learn to read words, what the evolution of language looks like and other factors related to it like socioeconomic background or their own personality,” Jhaveri said in an interview. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)