Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Since Jan. 1, roughly a dozen major winter storms have shuttered school doors around the United States and kept students home. But ...

Some school districts and states in recent years have abandoned or rethought snow days and allowed instruction to continue virtually when inclement weather shuts down school buildings. The ...

Reports of the snow day’s death are greatly exaggerated. After 2020’s rapid, rocky shift to remote learning, some parents and educators predicted the traditions of a snow day—exciting, impromptu sled ...

After all is said and done, we can raise two cheers for the technology that enabled parents, educators, and even some students to avoid entirely losing instructional advantage during the long pandemic ...

Years ago, bad winter weather would have meant schools call a snow day. But many schools have been opting for students to participate in virtual learning days, (sometimes called elearning) where they ...