Snow days will continue to be snow days! DESE closes down “blizzard bags” option for local districts. A memo from the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education to district leaders announced a sun-setting of the pilot program for
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News and information about school cancellations polices and practices in Massachusetts.
DESE released updated guidelines advising careful planning for districts considering using home assignments in place of snow days. The January 5, 2018 memo from Acting Commissioner Jeff Wulfson on “alternative structured learning day programs” states School committees and
Joshua Goodman from the Harvard Kennedy School release a paper analyzing what happens when Massachusetts schools do – or do not- close for snow. He finds: These findings, that weather-related school closings have little impact on student achievement,
MTA Note: At this time, MTA has not taken a position for or against the use of alternative instructional strategies in case of inclement weather school closures. Alternative Structured Learning Day Programs To:Superintendents and Charter School Boards of Trustees