My teenage son, with a few learning disabilities, did not adapt well to his teachers offering online classes. Sorry, but both the teachers and students need more experience and training in this online way.

His English teacher put him an online reading program called “Read Theory.” Basically this programs seems to have thousands of little stories, each assigned a reading level. My son was given a placement test, and I thought he was at the Grade 6 level (which is where he is at). But Read Theory will move him to higher levels of reading when he scores well.

He seems to be enjoying it (well, maybe not, but his PS-4 play is contingent on him getting five stories done a day). And he is working independently, which is good skill to acquire.

I had good reinforcement if the student has taken some classroom instruction and activities. But for a student new to the topic, IXL is really not a teacher.

But I just imagine the research, grading, and software development to put something like Read Theory and IXL together.

We will get more independent and online learning, but it will be expensive!