US Students' Math Scores Plummet Amid Extended School Closures

Critics point to pandemic scientist Anthony Fauci and school-union boss Randi Weingarten as key figures in the push for remote learning and extended school closures.

• 2022 US scores on the Program for International Student Assessment showed a significant drop in 15-year-olds’ math scores since the last, pre-COVID exams.
• Many blame the learning loss on the extended school closures and remote learning pushed by pandemic scientist Anthony Fauci and school-union boss Randi Weingarten.
• Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, has been accused of setting impossible conditions for school reopenings and lobbying for exceptions to keep teachers home.
• Despite Weingarten's claims that she advocated for a return to classroom learning, critics argue that she worked to keep schools closed well into 2021, even after it was deemed safe to reopen.
• Studies have found that school districts in locations with stronger teachers unions were less likely to reopen in person, suggesting that the decision to close schools was political rather than scientific.

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