Maybe the children whose schools are still closed are the lucky ones: Two more tales of madness from America’s schools remind us that there is an upside to having teachers refuse to teach

There are currently two dominant narratives about K-12 education in America: The first is the fact that many teachers in huge urban school districts are refusing to return to their classrooms. The second is the fact that the schools that are back in business are using their power over people’s children to indoctrinate both the children and their families in hard-left ideologies, especially about race and sexuality.

In many Republican-run regions across America, schools are back in session and nothing bad has happened. There hasn’t been a mass teacher or student die-off. Instead, the kids are once again learning and socializing and their parents are back at work. Life is normal.

In many Democrat-run regions, though, the teachers are aggressively resisting returning to school. The Biden administration, which is beholden to the teacher’s unions for money and support, is complicit in allowing the teachers to continue to receive paychecks while refusing to do their jobs.

Jim Geraghty’s Twitter thread shows the game-playing from the federal government:

Also in today’s Morning Jolt, back in July 2020, the Newton, Mass., school district was struggling with the familiar issues of reopening schools and how to keep a safe distance between people. (bit.ly/3jU0MgK)
Mayor Ruthanne Fuller emailed a Harvard Professor of Medicine and Chief of Infectious Disease to weigh in, asking, “On a policy issue, we are leaning to 6’ of separation in our classrooms rather than the 3’ that DESE/WHO allow. Thoughts?” (bit.ly/3jU0MgK)
The reply from Harvard’s chief of infectious disease was clear:
“I do think if people are masked it is quite safe and much more practical to be at 3 feet. I think this is very viable for the middle/high schools and even late grade schools and would improve the feasibility.”

I’ve had frequent medical appointments lately.

The buildings I use have elevators.

Oddly, there are no restrictions on capacity in the elevators. Folks can be packed in like sardines.

The WuFlu police stationed at the entrance to the buildings check temps and mask use, then let people cram cheek by jowl on the elevators.

Go figure.

Open the dang schools.

This was NEVER about public health.

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