“We’d most likely see increased absenteeism and decreased graduation rates.”
Well, if they don’t show up and do the work why should they?
In a weird way there was a silver lining to covid....remote learning gave parents a window into what was going on in the classroom, and a lot of them saw how jacked up it was......and Weingarten doing everything she could to keep schools closed for as long as possible actually allowed that window to stay open.
So in a round about way she did this to herself......which makes the DOE getting shut down even more satisfying.