I'm a huge
fan of snow days, but I don't love the make - up days that we have for them when summer comes around.
Around the world there are different
types of snow days, and as long as everyone is safe, I think these days are little gifts of time for us to enjoy!
Definitely exciting to have spring coming up so quick, but as a senior I'm pretty disappointed in the
lack of snow days.
The study, «In
Defense of Snow Days: Students who stay home when school is in session are a much larger problem,» appears in the Summer 2015 issue of Education Next.
A study by Joshua Goodman that was published in Education Next found that the
number of snow days in a given year do not have an impact on student test scores.
I'm a huge fan
of Snow Days because» It's Mother Nature giving you an opportunity to pause, catch your breath, and take in the beauty of the world.»
I'm so sad that I won't be having a white christmas again this year, but I hope it means there will be
tons of snow days in the upcoming months
«I didn't buy it until I knew that the teachers in middle school were allowing kids to read their books on their e-readers,» said Amy Mauer - Litos, Eliana's mother, adding, «I don't know whether it's the device itself that is appealing, or the easy access to the books, but I will tell you, we've had a
lot of snow days lately, and 9 times out of 10, she's in the family room reading her Nook.»
All the
fun of Snow Day without the blistering temperature freezing your joints.
WBUR's Radio Boston February 9, 2015 - Christine Koh is interviewed about ideas to curb cabin fever and cope with cranky employers in the
face of snow days.
If this is indeed the case and the odd storms,
increase of snow days (no complaining about that one) and life changing and destroying floods droughts are linked to climate change, we should all be doing something about our carbon footprint.
Particularly now, as we're all buried under huge piles of snow, recovering from shoveling induced aches and pains, and the
novelty of snow days has worn off, you're probably dreaming of beaches, sandals, and umbrella - laden drinks.
Bring the pure
joy of a Snow Day inside where it's warm with this recipe for faux snow.
Mayor Bill de Blasio spent
part of the snow day proving to New Yorkers he can eat pizza without a fork.
Winter is only officially a few weeks old, but thanks to an eventful run of weather, the Kingston City School District has already used up its entire
allotment of snow days for the 2013 - 14 school year.
We made pancakes with frozen blueberry syrup just the other day in
honor of the snow day we had mid-week.
After our snow last weekend and having a
couple of snow days this week our temps are on the rise again and it's going to be in the 70's this weekend... Starting this week I am hoping to really get back into the blog regularly.
Our «Adventure Retreat» (lol) at Skytop ended up not being exactly what we expected — they received about 6 ″
of snow the day before we went so all of our outdoor adventures ended up being cancelled (needless to say, I was very disappointed that I couldn't do the two hour ropes course in the 35 degree weather;)-RRB-.
Anyway, my flight to California was one of the 800 that were cancelled because of Jonas so this week was piled
full of snow days and hot chocolate.
Thanks for stopping by... I'm currently retired from the Railroad Industry (Engineer / Transportation Superintendent) and play alot of golf with the
exception of snow days & weekends.
-- don't watch them crush their careers in this laugh - free romantic comedy from the
director of Snow Day.
Bass, plays a young ad man, who falls instantly in love with a comely graduate school student (Emmanuelle
Chriqui of Snow Day) during a brief subway encounter.
World language students created two - minute films or photo
collages of their snow day activities, narrated in their world language.
As my Facebook feed on the
topic of snow days illustrates, most children need a safe place to be during the day outside of the home while their parents are busy.
In the Washington Post, Emma Brown describes the findings of a new study by Joshua Goodman on the
impact of snow days on student achievement.
With a major winter storm closing schools up and down the East Coast this week, it seems like a good time to revisit this 2016
discussion of snow days.
As spring break approached, a
series of snow days and holidays threw Duklewski's students off track.
EdNext's Marty West talks with Josh Goodman, the author of «In
Defense of Snow Days,» about research showing that declaring a snow day is better for students in the long run.
I mean wasn't it just yesterday that we were shoveling a
ton of snow every day and cleaning the road salt off of everything?
I haven't regretted the purchase and think it will last for many years and
lots of snow days.