Snow Days

[Belsnickel]

So, I may be one of the few people on here familiar with the school district to which you are referring, having family in the district (and my family land being in it, as well). I can see some problems with the idea logistically as some of the places in the district would have little to no internet available on some of those snow days. As to the comment themselves, I think this is one of the biggest issues I have with the reliance on the internet for primary and secondary education. In rural school districts, you can run into a lot of students that lack any internet availability at home. I know that in Pennsylvania as a whole there is no county where more than 50% of the residents have access to broadband at home, and it's likely lower in the county in question given the economically depressed status.

I love the idea of utilizing all of these tools for education. There is literally an entire world at their fingertips with the internet. But until we can be certain that every single student has adequate access to the resource there has to be some caution with its use. Over-reliance on it can result in furthering the divide between urban and rural students, keeping the poorer students further behind.