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Flags are flying at half-staff across the United States to commemorate the half-million American lives lost to the coronavirus.
But thereâs another tragedy we havenât adequately confronted: Millions of American schoolchildren will soon have missed a year of in-person instruction, and we may have inflicted permanent damage on some of them, and on our country.
The reluctance of many Republicans to wear masks and practice social distancing is one reason so many Americans are dead. But the educational losses are disproportionately the fault of Democratic governors and mayors who too often let schools stay closed even as bars opened.
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NY Times Opinion: School closures have been an epic disaster for children (and Democrats are to blame)
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NY Times Opinion: School closures have been an epic disaster for children (and Democrats are to blame)
John SextonPosted at 12:45 pm on February 25, 2021
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There must be something in the water over at the NY Times. Yesterday they published an excellent piece debunking the identity politics clown show at Smith College and they also published this Nicholas Kristof opinion piece blaming Democrats for the ongoing disaster of school closures.
The blunt fact is that it is Democrats including those who run the West Coast, from California through Oregon to Washington State who have presided over one of the worst blows to the education of disadvantaged Americans in history. The result: more dropouts, less literacy and numeracy, widening race gaps, and long-term harm to some of our most marginalized youth.