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Is This The End of Snow Days in New Jersey?
A new bill in New Jersey might bring an end to the much-beloved snow days for schoolchildren. NBC New York’s Brian Thompson reports.
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NYC School Calendar Renames Columbus Day
After doing away with snow days, NYC public schools made another change that has upset some people: Columbus Day will now be called Italian heritage Day as well as Indigenous People’s Day. NBC New York’s John Chandler reports.
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No More Snow Days, Columbus Day Renamed for 2021-2022 NYC School Year
From erasing snow days, to renaming Columbus Day, the city’s Department of Education calendar changes have managed to upset some people, including the city and state’s top officials, who are from Italian-American families. Columbus Day and snow days will never be the same in city schools. Snow days will turn into remote school days. Parents first noticed the change...
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NYC Scrapping School Snow Days in Favor of Remote Learning
Attention school kids of New York City – you can put all the spoons you want under your pillow, wear your pajamas inside out, flush ice cubes down the toilet, but you’re not getting any more snow days off from school. The city Department of Education said Tuesday that it will take a page from the pandemic playbook for the…
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Do More Schools Need Financial Literacy Courses?
25 states have introduced bills calling for more personal finance education in schools. In some districts, even kindergarteners are learning early lessons about the basics of saving, spending and debt. Sharon Epperson, senior CNBC personal finance correspondent, talks with LX News about students across the country who called for more real-life financial guidance.
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Another Casualty of 2020: The Magic of the Snow Day
Even before the first flakes fell, New York City’s first big snowfall of the season was doomed to be a gloomy disappointment for more than a million of its schoolchildren, as Mayor Bill de Blasio made it clear students would have to log in an work as usual
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Winter Arrives in Full Force
A powerful nor’easter has dropped snow and ice throughout the northeast, leaving 70 million dealing with extreme cold and slippery conditions.
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No More Snow Days: Remote Learning Ends Beloved Winter Days Off for NYC Kids
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...
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No More Snow Days? NYC Students Could Lose Day Off Due to Remote Learning
Thanks, coronavirus.