Schools Will Have to Start Closing Again
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Closing schools during the Covid pandemic was an enormous and tragic mistake. Some red-state governors, including Ron DeSantis of Florida, Brian Kemp of Georgia and Greg Abbott of Texas, deserve credit for taking the political risk to reopen schools quickly, over the objections of officials in Democratic cities. These conservative governors could have leaned on the conservative principle of local control and let each community do its own thing—with disastrous results. Instead, they decided that education was too important to leave to the left.
Originally published: June 23, 2024
Author: Michael J. Petrilli
Position: President
Institution: Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Published by: The Wall Street Journal