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Are snow days about to get buried by remote learning? Not quite -- but it depends on where you live

  • Written by Nathan M. Sorber, Associate Professor of Higher Education, West Virginia University
imageWhen communities are buried in snow, as Buffalo, N.Y., was in November 2022, school sometimes stays in session – remotely.AP Photo/Carolyn Thompson

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...

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