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Massachusetts Department of Education and Secondary Education

No More Snow Days? COVID-19 Distance Learning Could End Cancellations No More Snow Days? COVID-19 Distance Learning Could End Cancellations
No More Snow Days? Covid-19 Distance Learning Could End Cancellations Thanks to COVID-19, snow days might be a thing of the past. Much beloved by school children, and dreaded by parents, snow days are events in which the weather is too terrible to safely transport children to and from their public schools. It’s a free, surprise day off from education that often leaves parents scrambling to find childcare.  But now that COVID-19 has forced every school in Massachusetts to create efficient online learning programs, teachers may be able to educate students at home on snow days via digital learning. On Monday, Oct. 19, the Massachusetts Department of Educa…