Dr. Anthony Fauci says shutting down schools during the COVID-19 pandemic was worthwhile. “I believe so for a number of reasons,” Fauci, the longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a lockdown proponent, said on Sept. 22. Fauci said that people who note that many children do not suffer severe cases…

Commentary The single most bizarre aspect of the pandemic policy response was the shutting of schools, public and private. One country never did that—Sweden—and the results were fabulous: zero deaths and zero educational losses. That this was the right choice should have been obvious from the beginning. COVID was never a serious threat to kids,…

A winter storm plowing through a large swath of southern Ontario is causing widespread school closures and transportation disruptions. Environment Canada has issued snowfall or blizzard warnings for a stretch of the province spanning from the Cornwall area to the east, the Algonquin region to the west, and the Niagara and London regions to the…

Commentary It started in Chicago, where an incredible 91 percent of union teachers voted to go on strike and refused to do what they get paid to do, which is teach. Then the union walkouts spread to Maryland, New Jersey, and California. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, a liberal Democrat, has attacked the Chicago teachers unions…

America has a “safety culture problem,” says immunologist Dr. Steven Templeton. “We want to mitigate risk to the point where there’s no risk.” The pandemic response—from harsh lockdowns to school closures—has been characterized by a “self-destructive” overreaction, says Templeton, an associate professor of immunology and microbiology at the Indiana University School of Medicine. And the…

Hadley Heath Manning, policy director of Independent Women’s Forum, a leading national women’s organization, told The Epoch Times that on the issue of school reopening, people are too concerned with the virus itself while failing to recognize the risks that come with school closures, which is a “serious miscalculation.” “Focusing so much on the risk…

After 18 students committed suicide in Las Vegas, the Clark County school district decided to reopen for in-person learning. The youngest was a nine-year-old. In Chicago, home to the nation’s third-largest public school district, teachers unions have rejected calls by Democratic mayor Lori Lightfoot to re-open, citing concerns about health and safety. In this episode,…

Commentary For almost a year now, families across America have been forced to struggle with the task of providing in-home education for their children, as teachers unions have aggressively lobbied for school closures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. One angry parent recently made headlines, after screaming at Virginia’s Loudoun County School Board for continuing…

Conservative MPs in the UK have pressed the government to announce its plans for a general re-opening of schools, as the country’s third national lockdown continues amid the ongoing CCP virus pandemic. Tory MP Robert Halfon, chair of the Commons Education Committee, wrote on Twitter on Monday that he has contacted the speaker of the House…