Amy Klein: New York City schools cancel snow days in disturbing new trend. - NBCNewsTHINK
last year that said that virtual instruction may present serious risks to the mental health of children. The study compared in-person with virtual learning and found that kids in Zoom school had “decreased physical activity , time spent outside , in-person time with friends , virtual time with friends and worsened mental or emotional health .
Also, why subject parents? Even though my daughter attended a private preschool that reopened sooner than many public institutions, I’m still traumatized by Zoom school. Those first three months of chasing around a preschooler to coax her to sit in front of a screen in order to sing weather songs and learn the alphabet still haunt me.
Want more articles like this? Follow THINK on Instagram to get updates on the week’s most important political analysis Clearly Banks does not remember snow days as a child: waiting the night before by the radio to hear whether school was going to be closed, debating if you should actually study for that test or finish your homework, and then that elated, ecstatic feeling to hear you have an extra day off!
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