by Laura Gonzalez, the Toreador
According to an article in The New York Times, “The analysis for the Department of Education found that, on average, students doing some or all of the course online would rank in the 59th percentile in tested performance, compared with the average classroom student scoring in the 50th percentile. That is a modest but statistically meaningful difference.” Students are not the only audience affected by online learning. Teachers are also beneficiaries from all that online classroom settings present. However, it is school districts that gain the most from these special learning environments in cases when Mother Nature is disruptive during ongoing school sessions.
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