by Rick Moran at PJ Media
Education Department data released on Wednesday showed that test scores in U.S. history and civics for eighth graders fell to the lowest levels on record last year. This is following data released last October that showed the lowest math test scores in history and a drop in reading skills that wiped out three decades of progress.
Way to go Randi Weingarten.
Last week, Weingarten testified before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic and showed no remorse for keeping schools closed despite mountains of evidence proving that, with a few common sense precautions, the kids were safe. Indeed, Florida reopened schools in August 2020 and despite some glitches, Gov. Ron DeSantis was proved right. Schools were safe.
Weingarten made the hysterical prediction that “millions” would die after DeSantis reopened the schools.
Not only did Weingarten show no remorse, but she also tried to rewrite the entire history of her union’s response to the pandemic by claiming it was always her union’s first priority to reopen schools. Leaked emails from the American Federation of Teachers to the CDC tell a different story.
The fruits of her labors can be seen with the standardized test scores showing an entire generation of school kids having their education short-circuited.
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