CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MARCH 17, 2023
IF YOU NEED ANY FURTHER SIGNS THAT THE MONOPOLISTIC PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS FAILING STUDENTS, WHILE HELPING TEACHERS UNIONS, HERE IT IS.
FOURTH GRADERS IN THE NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS LOST TWICE AS MUCH GROUND IN MATH AND READING AS THEIR PEERS NATIONWIDE DURING THE PANDEMIC AND SQUANDERED THE EQUIVALENT OF NEARLY A YEAR OF SCHOOLING DURING VIRTUAL LEARNING. NON-LEARNING WOULD BE MORE LIKE IT.
STUDENTS IN PRIVATE OR HOME SCHOOLING MOSTLY DID NOT FALL BEHIND. IF EVER THERE WAS AN ARGUMENT FOR SCHOOL CHOICE THIS IS IT. PARENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO CHOOSE THE SCHOOL THAT IS BEST FOR THEM AND THEIR KIDS – PUBLIC IF THAT’S POSSIBLE, OR PRIVATE, EVEN RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS.
AT A TIME WHEN CHINA IS ZOOMING AHEAD OF US IN COURSES OF INSTRUCTION THAT MATTER, WE ARE PRE-OCCUPIED WITH OTHER THINGS. SCHOOLS SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN SHUTDOWN IN THE FIRST PLACE OVER COVID AS KIDS HAVE A STRONG IMMUNITY SYSTEM AND WERE LESS LIKELY TO CATCH THE VIRUS.
OH, BUT THEY’RE ALL CAUGHT UP ON ONE SUBJECT. GENDER! TRANS, BINARY AND THOSE OTHER CATEGORIES FIT FOR A NATION THAT HAS FORGOTTEN GOD CREATED US MALE AND FEMALE. WHAT IS WRONG WITH US? I’M CAL THOMAS.
