Helping your child catch up after a year of virtual learning Experts say that chances are if your child was struggling with school before COVID, that learning gap only widened as students abruptly left the classroom. Author: Jalea Brooks (WTHR) Updated: 8:23 AM EDT April 9, 2021 GREENWOOD, Ind — By now, we're all familiar with the woes of e-learning. While many students have made the slow transition back to the classroom, the memories of virtual learning are still fresh on their brains. "It's really hard because I don't have a teacher in the classroom to ask questions," Greenwood fourth grader Dominic Burrell shared as he's been navigating elementary school from behind the computer screen.