A teacher’s perspective on why snow days can’t be flipped to virtual days

Students in the D.C. area haven’t had much school this week due to a pair of winter storms that dropped several inches of snow on the region.

But with all the technology available to teachers and students, why can’t snow days simply become virtual days? Is it really necessary to cancel school altogether?

It’s a complicated question for educators such as Karen Kraus, a biology and chemistry teacher at Wheaton High School in Montgomery County, Maryland.

“The school system often doesn’t make a decision on whether to have a snow day until five in the morning or even later,” Kraus said...

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