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Flexible Instruction Days (FIDs) vs. Snow Days: Evidence on Learning, Equity, and Student Well-Being
Flexible Instruction Days (FIDs)—also called “e-learning days” or “virtual snow days”—aim to count weather closures as instructional days. Direct peer-reviewed research on weather-triggered, 1–5-day-per-year FID programs is limited, so districts rely on (1) studies on weather closures and absences, (2) K–12 online-learning research, and (3) COVID-era remote-learning evidence. Three takeaways are best supported: a small […]
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