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What happened: The Department of Education on Monday reported a significant drop in math and reading scores for U.S. students during the COVID-19 pandemic. The math results were « the steepest declines ever recorded » by the National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the Nation’s Report Card.
What they’re saying: In addition to the obvious harm students suffered—a direct result of pandemic school closures driven by teachers’ unions and Democratic politicians—the New York Times found another reason why the shocking test scores are bad for the country: They « could be seized as political fodder—just before the midterms—to re-litigate the debate over how long schools should have stayed closed, an issue that galvanized many parents and teachers. »
How dare they!
Why it matters: According to the mainstream media, Republican politicians are always nefariously « seizing » or « pouncing » on news that reflects poorly on Democrats. A normal person might think if anything deserves to be « political fodder » in the final stretch of a midterm election, it’s the fact that a generation of American children had their educations severely stunted as a result of the pandemic and policy choices that kept classrooms closed for the better part of two years.
