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Children pay a high price for shutdowns. Supporting kids, not school systems, can help. Min
With three children in three different schools, Natalie Wallace has experienced the struggles of education in the COVID era. She sees kids her own and her friends’ falling behind academically, socially, and emotionally. These changes have been particularly hard on children with special needs, like Natalie’s son, who is blind. And parents are struggling as they juggle varying school schedules with their own jobs and often face increased costs from remote schooling. Now more than ever, Natalie says it’s time to support parents and students directly.
School choice measures to be introduced in the House of Representatives this week include favorable treatment for homeschooling. Pictured: Teacher Maria Magallanes homeschools Zola West, 7, at her home in Alexandria, Virginia, April 3. Zola lives next door to Magallanes. (Photo: Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post/ Getty Images)
The Republican Study Committee plans to introduce six school choice measures in the House on Thursday in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which has shuttered schools across the country.
“These [committee] members recognize that if Congress had placed a greater emphasis on school choice, parents and students could’ve been freer to avoid the debacle of virtual learning last fall,” Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., said in a statement provided to The Daily Signal.