New research reveals the enormous harm that pandemic school shutdowns had on students, and that minorities and the poor suffered the most, especially in places run by Democrats.
To understand the impact of school shutdowns on learning, Harvard University's Center for Education Policy Research compiled testing data on 2.1 million students in 49 states to see how school closures and the use of remote "Learning" affected academic achievement.
The researchers found that "High-poverty schools were more likely to go remote and the consequences for student achievement were more negative when they did so."
What the authors didn't point out, but which is the inescapable conclusion to be drawn, is that states and cities run by Democrats kept their schools closed far longer than those run by Republicans.
Even the New York Times couldn't help but notice this, admitting that "Many of these schools tend to be run by Democratic officials, and Republicans were generally quicker to reopen schools."
Our friends at the Committee to Unleash Prosperity released a report card recently that tracks the impact of state COVID shutdowns on jobs and GDP. Of the 10 states that did the best economically, all but one - Washington - is a red state.
As with school shutdowns, these lockdowns never had any scientific backing, and studies conducted since have found that they made matters worse.
It's becoming increasingly difficult to discern fact from fiction, and unfortunately the media has a strong bias. They spin stories to make conservatives look bad and will go to great lengths to avoid reporting on the good that comes from conservative policies. There are a few shining lights in the media landscape-brave conservative outlets that report the truth and offer a different perspective. We must support conservative outlets like this one and ensure that our voices are heard.
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