Never heard of it. Things sure have changed.

My grandkids have E learning without snow days too. language and math are the main options, logging in through a school portal on either the old laptop, or one of the tablets.

The schools today are in touch with the kids more than the parents are. :)

Everything can and seems to be handled on-line. Assignments, scores,

questions answered....just need IT people...and get rid of the teachers I guess.

In fact, my nephew has a teacher that is terrific with assignments, etc., online,

but can't give the right time in face-to-face class time for some reason.

How interesting. Kids are "tele-commuting." We don't have snow days, no snow here. Must be hard on working parents when kids are home and parents are expected at work.

My area is too rural, many areas do not have access to dependable internet. Plus, jobs are seasonal so even if they're in an area with good internet capabilities, they may not be able to afford it. I have heard the middle and high schools are assigning Chromebooks to students, so this is probably a direction they're heading.

In this district Chromebooks are assigned but for classroom use only. I can't imagine any family in this district not having 3,4, or 5 computers at home.

Even if a child doesn't have access to a computer but does have internet and a Smart TV, access is available that way.

IMO, E learning doesn't disconnect the teacher from the student, it actually helps the teacher track progress in many ways.

If I were to rate the teachers here, I'd rate them as superior.

We are a district of around 48,000 students. I can't imagine that expenditure in the budget.

I never heard of it, but it sounds like a good idea. My grandsons are in cyber school, so they telecommute every day.

E learning is far cheaper than union pensions. Snow days today, everyday coming soon. Maybe not exclusively e Learning, but far fewer teachers will be needed with this technology.

The kids at Alyssa's class use the Chromebooks everyday at school. So far at home they are only used for E Learning days when they can't get to school. I put down that she is 9 no, she is only 8. Even the kids in Kindergarten have Chromebooks. If something happens to the Chromebooks then the parents are responsible for them. Alyssa does have her own Chromebook at home. Not all schools in this area have E Learning Days. I am not sure what the children do if they do not have internet at home, probably go to a library, but if you are snowed in, that can't happen.

Sue

We have it. No chrome books provided, however. We have a BYOD policy--bring your own devise. Many students use their phone. Many students do not have access to internet at home so they go to the library or coffee shops near their homes or not. Teachers have to have assignments that can be done with a book or on line. The teachers all have to be in school to take calls from students. None of the assignments are graded so most kids don't really do them. You have to log in which is your attendance,hand in the book work. That's all they care about --getting money from the State for the "school day".

There's a shortage of people who are currently or are planning to go to college intending to become educators. I'm sure that there are some who think that's fine or even great, because of their feelings about unions and pensions and the quality of the training that teachers receive (and must continually update with continuing education credits that the school district employing them as well as the school they work at are expected to track for the purpose of accurate record-keeping) isn't what they think it should be - there are things that a lot of people don't understand about the various ways that it's not teachers who control the curriculum and the student outcome standards, or how many work part time jobs during the school year and then do full time hours over the summer because they can't afford not to with just their teaching salary to live on - and they have to spend their own money buying supplies, etc, because that's the only way that they will have those things in their classroom and available.

We just got a bus pickup in our neighborhood when the school year began in late August, one that's visible from our driveway so when I walk the kids outside I can watch them walk up the street and to the bus pickup point safely. I think that we're probably a ways off from the school district (it covers a substantial area with all the suburbs in addition to the midtown and downtown residents' schools) bringing in an E-school program. They are restricted by the state when it comes to funding, and if they start it for students outside the independent study/home school program, it has to be instituted for every school and every student (with some limits, nobody is saying that they should begin something like this at the kindergarten or even 1st grade, but wherever the entry point is set at, it has to be universal for budget authorization).

A lot of Nebraska is rural and depending on the specific size of the city/town, any k-12 students could be in one school in their city/town or they may take a bus for a 30-45 minute drive to where the closest school is.