Democratic refusal to open schools is on the ballot in Virginia and New Jersey in 2021
Democratic leaders across the country, including Biden, spent 2020 lecturing those on the Right that decisions about reopening schools and businesses must be driven by data and the experts. Now, multiple studies have found that the transmission of COVID-19 in schools is far lower than the transmission that occurs in communities at large, the World Health Organization says that in-person learning does not lead to an increase in cases, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has made clear that schools can now safely open.
This data should make it easy for both parties to work together to get children back in the classroom, but the teachers unions are getting in the way. And Democrats in our states are so afraid to stand up to the union bosses that fund their campaigns that they are ignoring the same metrics they used to champion when it comes to reopening. They are so concerned with what s best for their political futures that they are ignoring what s best for the future of our children.
Make no mistake, every day that our children are confined to learning from home is another day they cannot get back. Academic performances are suffering, with the number of middle and high school students in Fairfax County, Virginia, failing two or more classes nearly doubling since the start of the pandemic. A recent study by McKinsey and Company noted that this loss in learning could already be costing children tens of thousands in lifetime earnings and that the impact will probably be greatest among low-income, black, and Hispanic students.