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As a fall heat wave brings unseasonable temperatures in the 80s and 90s to parts of the United States, schools in at least five states have closed or dismissed students early.

Schools closed for full or half days Monday and Tuesday in , , , and .

In Detroit and nearby Pontiac, schools had half days Monday and Tuesday, according to . 蜜桃影视 has reported that just 1 in 3 schools in Detroit has sufficient air conditioning even though temperatures in spring and fall rise into the 80s and 90s.

Half the schools in Kent County, Michigan, the district that includes Grand Rapids, also closed early Monday and Tuesday, according to . Schools in other districts, including Flint, sent students home early Tuesday, reported.

in Ohio closed for the full day Monday and Tuesday. One teacher there said this is the first time he鈥檚 ever seen school closed for heat.

In eastern Pennsylvania, schools had a half day Tuesday, as did a few schools in Hudson Valley. In Illinois, the Decatur school district closed early Tuesday, according to the .

A public records request by 蜜桃影视 earlier this year revealed that some schools in 11 of America鈥檚 largest districts lack sufficient air conditioning, which can be critical for learning on hot days. (You can read the full investigation here: Too Hot to Learn 鈥� Records Show Nearly a Dozen of the Biggest School Districts Lack Air Conditioning.)

One of those districts 鈥� Hawaii 鈥� launched a public initiative this school year to cool the temperatures in more than 1,000 classrooms across the state.

Teachers and others agree that excessive heat negatively affects students.

“Some may think it is overkill, but we should be concerned about hot classrooms and buses like we get concerned about kids being left in hot cars,” Dr. Andrew Weise, an emergency room doctor, told

Teachers told 蜜桃影视 that hot classrooms can make students irritable and unfocused, which may cause behavior problems.

Harvard also indicates that student test scores suffer when temperatures rise.

鈥淓vidence from 4.5 million New York City high school exit exams indicates that heat exposure may affect educational performance in both the short and long run,鈥� Harvard鈥檚 Jisung Park wrote in February. 鈥淭aking an exam on a 90-degree day relative to a 72-degree day results in a reduction in exam performance that is equivalent to a quarter of the Black-White achievement gap, and meaningfully affects longer-run educational outcomes as well, leading to a 12.3% higher likelihood of failing a subject exam and a 2.5% lower likelihood of on-time high school graduation.鈥�

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