Posted on 02/07/2022 8:24:58 AM PST by Kaslin
Every American should be worried about the COVID Generation. Over the past two years, our country’s children have lost a huge part of their education – and they’re now at risk of losing their futures.
Rescuing these kids is urgently important, for their sake and our nation’s. Today’s students are tomorrow’s leaders, and if they aren’t prepared, America itself won’t be able to lead.
What’s happening to kids breaks my heart. Even before the pandemic, they were struggling to find the best shot at the best life. Pre-COVID, two-thirds of America’s elementary and middle-school students weren’t proficient in reading. Nearly the same number weren’t proficient at math. Yet instead of helping kids get ahead, the past two years pushed them further behind.
School lockdowns and virtual learning have been a total disaster. It’s now clear that school lockdowns had nearly zero effect on saving lives, but they did dramatic damage to student’s lives. Almost 100% of teachers reported seeing their students fail to learn during the pandemic, and sure enough, the typical K-12 student is now four months behind in reading and five months behind in math.
Black and Brown students suffered even more – they lost half a year. Low-income income students lost even more than that. These are the kinds of kids I grew up with in rural South Carolina. Their futures depend on a great education they’re just not getting.
Even one lost day of learning is unacceptable. Six months is unthinkable. You can’t afford to be six months behind when you’re a sixth grader learning algebra. You can’t afford it when you’re in 12th grade preparing to go to college or get a job.
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#NoNikki
I was wondering how long it would take for a Freeper to get “triggered” by the mention of Haley’s name.
Why don’t you leave aside your political grudges and actually read what she says here? It’s very, very good, and she’s right. It doesn’t matter who says it, and the more people who say what she’s saying, the better. Maybe there will be some changes and maybe the GOP will stand up and fight back against the destruction of the lives of children.
What we need to focus on are the policies, not the personalities. Personally, I’m not loyal to any politician, because the only thing that matters are their policies, and politicians like everybody else can be right at times or wrong at times.
Nikki is simply making conservative noises to position herself as a presidential candidate.
Not triggered.
Just cutting through the BS RINOs put out every election cycle.
#NoNikkiRINO 😀
She saw how combining kids and covid worked well in VA and is trying to replicate.
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