As time goes on...we are seeing the disastrous consequences of lockdowns, school closures, nonsense rules, etc.
This article comments on the NY Times article regarding the damage caused to student education by school closures.
hotair.com
"Were many of these problems avoidable? The evidence suggests that they were. Extended school closures appear to have done much more harm than good,
and many school administrators probably could have recognized as much by the fall of 2020."
"On average, students who attended in-person school for nearly all of 2020-21 lost about 20 percent worth of a typical school year’s math learning during the study’s two-year window…
But students who stayed home for most of 2020-21 fared much worse. On average, they lost the equivalent of about 50 percent of a typical school year’s math learning during the study’s two-year window…"
@Dad was a cheerleader for school closures.
And yet by May or June 2020 we already KNEW that there was no risk to kids or college students. The data clearly showed that. And yet places like CA closed most if not all universities to in person learning. A substantial percentage of elementary and high schools were closed.
And we knew they were fine and would be fine.
My kids like most lost their spring semester in 2020. Fortunately they were back in school full time in the fall. Guess what happened? No teachers died, no kids died. And while nothing bad happened something great did....they were in school learning full time. Millions of other kids got screwed.