NYC fails controversial remote learning snow day ‘test,’ public schools chancellor says::New York City’s public schools chancellor said the city did not pass Tuesday’s remote-learning “test” because of technical issues.

  • bobotron@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    Removing snow days is a national tragedy. Don’t compound it by forcing kids to do some half assed remote learning when they should be having fun in the snow

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      7 months ago

      Or maybe the parents were protesting the removal of snow days.

      I remember looking forward to snow days as a kid. It meant playing with family or friends in the snow, not doing schoolwork.

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        7 months ago

        My 3 year old was given a tablet in case of a snow day. No way he would be on a tablet when he could be outside playing in the snow.

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    7 months ago

    whoever thinks this is a good idea really shouldn’t be working in education. objectively worse than the grinch. christmas is still christmas but there’s nothing like the feeling of getting a surprise day off AND a beautiful snowstorm

    no-snow-day policy

    why are people like this? surely teachers and admin appreciate the day off too? even if you have to add an extra day, getting out of bed for school sucks way less in the summer. my district prided itself on trying to call as few snow days as possible for some insane reason, even when plenty of other schools would be off.