UK Snow Closes Schools but Learning Continues!

by Ian Addison
Just to give you a little bit of context. It is snowing here in the UK, we are rubbish when it comes to snow. There is about 6inches outside and the country has pretty much stopped. Flights are cancelled, roads contain abandoned cars and schools are closed.

Now what happens to the children’s learning while the school is closed? This could be due to snow, burst water pipe or whatever. What do you do to continue the learning?

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L to R:Henry Patel, VP BusDev (SchoolOne); Michelle Tomallo, Executive VP & Co-Founder (SchoolOne), Micki Tubbs, CEO & Co-Founder (SchoolOne), Bob Longo, President (SchoolOne), Thomas Hennessy, VP (Etech Group), Thom Liggett (SchoolOne)

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