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Michigan Education

Education is a big issue in northern Michigan, whether we're reporting on school funding issues to breakthroughs in the classroom.

Should school districts add minutes or days after snow days? And who gets to decide?

Michigan Public | By Stateside Staff

Published February 19, 2014 at 4:56 PM EST

How should schools make up for this season's snow days?

An interview with Ted Roelofs.

With many Michigan schools racking up snow days, what's the best way to make up lost time? Adding minutes onto the school day? Or adding days at the end of the school year? Should local districts be allowed to decide for themselves or should Lansing make the decision for them?

Bridge Magazine contributing writer Ted Roelofs dug into these questions for his story in this week's Bridge.

Listen to the full interview above.