{"id":32268,"date":"2022-12-13T06:43:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T06:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/?p=32268"},"modified":"2022-12-17T04:23:27","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T04:23:27","slug":"are-snow-days-about-to-get-buried-by-remote-learning-not-quite-but-it-depends-on-where-you-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/are-snow-days-about-to-get-buried-by-remote-learning-not-quite-but-it-depends-on-where-you-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Are snow days about to get buried by remote learning? Not quite \u2013 but it depends on where you\u00a0live"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nathan M. Sorber<\/a>, West Virginia University<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Snow days, a nostalgic rite of passage for generations of students across the northern United States, might seem destined to be a memory of school days past. For nearly a century, schools have canceled or delayed classes because of heavy or dangerous snowfall that creates hazardous travel conditions. School calendars would include a number of \u201cmakeup\u201d days, when any missed time could be rescheduled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the COVID-19 pandemic, schools transitioned to remote learning to keep teaching when it wasn\u2019t safe for people to gather. With students already learning at home, nearly 40% of schools<\/a> chose to forgo traditional snow days and proceed with remote learning during the pandemic. Those choices, and improvements in online education, led several commentators<\/a> to predict the end of the snow day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, policy data collected from the 35 states with the highest average annual snowfall<\/a> suggests that while more schools are using remote learning days instead of canceling classes, the traditional snow day is far from extinct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Snow days seem to be sticking around, thanks to nostalgia, lingering concerns about the effectiveness and accessibility of online learning and a sentiment that families and children need these unscripted, unplugged breaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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