As everyone in the education sector can attest, this winter has been as brutal as any for school districts in the northeastern U.S. Schools particularly in Boston have had things even worse having to cancel eight days of school or more so far this winter with more snow yet to come. As most students view snow days as a free day off to do whatever they please, one must wonder if students are falling behind academically due to these off days. More specifically, are low-income students, who statistically are outperformed by wealthier students, at a distinct disadvantage with these snow days? That is exactly the point Matt Collette was trying to make in his article entitled “Can too many snow days widen the achievement gap?” In Boston, MA where