How do you measure the impact of a school year on a child? In opportunities lost, futures delayed, and educational quality threatened.
Those are the sacrifices Biden seems willing to make with his embarrassingly weak goal of reopening schools in 100 days despite the growing scientific consensus that schools can safely reopen.
100 days…that’s as much as 500 hours of school missed…500 hours of education that America’s children can’t get back…500 hours when millions of parents can’t work to provide for their families. 500 hours of school lost because Biden does not have the courage to call on Democrat special interest groups to allow schools to reopen.
And now, Biden is backtracking even more. His press secretary insisted his goal simply meant that 50%-plus-one of schools would be open for 1 DAY A WEEK.
1 DAY A WEEK! That’s it? The bar could not be set any lower, and American families, children, and communities will suffer because of it.
Biden WH now backtracking from original pledge to have most schools open within 100 days.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 10, 2021
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2/ In December, Biden said “If Congress provides the funding... if states and cities put strong public health measures in place that we all follow, then my team will work to see that a majority of our schools can be open by the end of my first 100 days."
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 10, 2021
3/ Yesterday, @PressSec Psaki said the goal is now "to have the majority of schools — so, more than 50% — open by day 100 of his presidency. And that means some teaching in classrooms. So, at least one day a week. Hopefully, it’s more."
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 10, 2021
4/ Again, there is conflict between the health officials and the teachers' unions, and I have seen no evidence the Biden White House is willing to say or do anything to side with health officials when they are in conflict.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 10, 2021
Biden should be putting science, families, and children first, not Democrat special interest groups.
