During the Cultural Revolution in China (1966-1976), an estimated 8,000 schools were closed. The campaign aimed to eradicate "bourgeois" elements and traditional culture, which led to widespread disruptions in education. Many students were sent to rural areas for "re-education," resulting in a significant loss of academic continuity and formal education for millions. The impact on the education system was profound and long-lasting.
A radical movement that closed schools and slowed production, the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution virtually severed China's relations with the outside world. It was proletarian because it was a revolution of the workers against party officials. It was cultural because it meant to alter the values of society in the Communist sense. It was great, because it was on a mammoth scale. It lasted for two years in its intense form, lingered on for another year and a half, and was not officially declared over until 1977.
Oklahoma City Public Schools are closed only because the subject is plural and must have a singular verb "are."
On Thursday 7th January 2010, most schools in Northern England and Scotland were closed because of snow and ice. Many schools in southern England, which received 18 inches of snow, were closed as well.
If you want to know how many schools were closed on a day that has been a while back, yoi could look in the local papers of that time to find out the schools that were closed in your area. If you want to know what schools were closed in another area,. you would need to look in newspapers from the area the schools are in.
It is safe to assume that all schools in New Orleans were closed because of Hurricane Sandy, but to find out how many days they were closed or if schools in other areas were closed, you should check newspapers or call the school district of the area you are interested in.
New York City public schools will be closed Monday, October 29 due to Hurricane Sandy. It is likely they will close Tuesday as well because of the storm.
Closing schools because of snow depends on several factors, but mainly what the road conditions are. If snow is creating slick and hazardous road conditions, then schools should be closed.
In 1978, a massive blizzard hit the midwest and closed colleges in Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio that had never been closed for weather or had only closed a coiple of times. Though it would be hard to find a list of the schools that were closed because of the blizzard, it is safe to assume any school in the area of the blizzard was closed for at least a week, maybe longer.
The word or words that could be eliminated from this sentence include:The schools were closed in light of the fact that a tornado had struck.Rewrite 1: Schools were closed because a tornado struck.Rewrite 2: A tornado caused schools to close. (gets rid of because; puts the tornado as the actor committing the action)Rewrite 4: A tornado closed schools. (Simple, to the point.)
No, because Columbus Day is a national holiday, all schools are closed.
To find out how many schools were closed a previous week, you could look in that week's newspapers for schools that were closed in your area.
Schools were not closed during World War 1.