The COVID-19 school lockdowns created generational learning loss, The New York Times reports.
Yes, just about four years after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, The New York Times published an extensive set of data showing just how catastrophic the extended lockdown policies were for schoolchildren.
That reality has been known for some time. Last year, I reported on a House panel highlighting the devastating effect of widespread school lockdowns, which were forcefully promoted by teachers unions, Democratic politicians, and many in the left-wing media.
The evidence is growing.
The New York Times piece noted that the lockdown discussion was “one of the most polarizing and partisan debates of the pandemic.” Maybe it was, but one side was now obviously right, and the other, just as clearly wrong.
Those who insisted in 2020 that keeping students in a…
