Current Events > No More Snow Days: Remote Learning Ends Beloved Winter Days Off for NYC Kids

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https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/no-more-snow-days-remote-learning-may-end-beloved-winter-days-off-for-nyc-kids/2783262/

As if the coronavirus pandemic hasn't already taken so much of people's livelihoods, it is taking away snow days from New York City students too. As the biggest snowstorm in years approached the five boroughs Wednesday, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced New York City school buildings would be closed to in-person learning on Thursday. Remote learning will continue for all students. "I know we all grew up with the excitement of snow days, but this year is different," de Blasio tweeted. "Tomorrow will be a FULL REMOTE learning day for our students."

Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza said students are still expected to log on and engage with their work from home as they do on remote learning days. Unlike kindergartners and elementary school students who were allowed to go back to in-person learning earlier this month after the city shuttered school buildings for the second time, middle and high school students have only been doing remote learning. There's still no timeline on when they can return to class, though the mayor has said he hopes middle schoolers get back in late January. De Blasio hopes to keep schools open even if the city has to revert to a PAUSE-like shutdown for a period of time to combat increasing viral rates, which he has said is necessary. It's the governor's decision, though. Schools have maintained low transmission rates despite increases elsewhere across the city.



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Good! Kids in America are dumb as hell, we need year round schooling to even begin to start having an educated younger populace again.

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I mean it sucks but if they already have the infrastructure set up :shrug:

tremain07 posted...

Good! Kids in America are dumb as hell, we need year round schooling to even begin to start having an educated younger populace again.

No.

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tremain07 posted...

Good! Kids in America are dumb as hell, we need year round schooling to even begin to start having an educated younger populace again.

More school isn't going to make kids who aren't interested in learning suddenly smart.

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s0nicfan posted...

More school isn't going to make kids who aren't interested in learning suddenly smart.

You're talking about two different things here, but your post is correct in that more school is not the solution to our problems in education

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tremain07 posted...

Good! Kids in America are dumb as hell, we need year round schooling to even begin to start having an educated younger populace again.

Yeah, we absolutely should move to a year round schedule with regular shorter vacation periods through the year instead of a long summer break.