Commentary
Though the results were blasted on the front page of The New York Times, the disastrous, worst-in-years test scores in reading and math from the COVID-19 period reported by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) should surprise no one.
That they were even worse for the black population also should be no surprise, since parents in poorer communities can’t stay home to help their children deal with the diktats of the state, in this case, unconscionable school lockdowns for which there proved to be absolutely no rationale.
It’s just like the vaccines. No one has been able to verify that they do any good for children either, although they engender many risks, known and unknown, and far into the future….