EDUCATION ISSUES: EXAM RESULTS IN--HORRIFIC READING LOSSES MEAN WEINGARTEN MUST GO, NEW YORK POST

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EXAM RESULTS ARE IN: HORRIFIC READING LOSSES MEAN WEINGARTEN GO--NY POST

"I believe kids are resilient and kids will recover,” said American Federation of Teachers boss Randi Weingarten in February 2021 when asked about education loss from school closures nationwide. 

Now the numbers are in. And they confirm what she denied but every parent knew: Closed schools hurt our kids. 

Because of the senseless policies Weingarten championed, our youngest students are missing crucial reading benchmarks. One study shows about 35% of students K-2 missing reading benchmarks, vs. 21% in 2019. Another shows less than half of students in kindergarten (47%) and 1st grade (48%) in the 2021-22 school year are “on track” to learn to read. That’s down from 55% and 58% in 2019. 

Does that look like “resilience”?  The racial stats are grimmer: MORE AT https://nypost.com/2022/03/09/exam-results-in-horrific-reading-losses-mean-weingarten-must-go/

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