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Extended Public School Closures Erased 20 Years of Progress
The test results are in, and they aren’t good.
“School Closures Still Link to Learning Loss, Nearly 3 Years Into Pandemic,” wrote Emma Camp for the upcoming February 2023 issue of Reason: “Reading and math scores declined between 2020 to 2022, reversing two decades of improvement.”
The same news is everywhere, and it isn’t good.
“Those Grade-School Test Scores Are a Really Bad Sign,” admitted Slate on October 26, 2022.
“Not Good for Learning,” was the official New York Times take on extended public school closures.
“ACT Test Scores Drop to Lowest in 30 Years Following School Closures,” reported Real Clear Politics on October 13, 2023.
Why were public schools in some places closed for so long while so many others — in the U.S. and around the world — remained open to in-person learning almost the entire time?
“First, You Decide That Kids Belong in School,” begged Carrie McKean for The Atlantic on January 27, 2022.
Nearly two years after Covid19 hit American shores, one of the nation’s foremost liberal news organizations felt the need to shout the obvious from the rooftops. It was telling.
