Snow Days Virtually Eliminated With Web Tools.

USA Today (2/9, Marklein) reports, "Despite winter storms that forced schools and colleges across the nation to cancel classes, tech-savvy educators are turning to Facebook, podcasts and other Web tools to keep students on track." USA Today notes that "an Ohio pilot study that allows Cincinnati's McAuley High School to hold virtual classes on what the state calls a 'calamity day' was put to the test for the first time Jan. 20. In St. Louis, where blizzards have closed public schools for six days already this year, math, English, Chinese and history classes met via the Internet as usual Wednesday at the Mary Institute Country Day School."