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State data offer further proof that school lockdowns were a disaster for NYC kids

Por: New York Post Opinion September 29, 2022

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Lockdowns set New York City’s public-school kids back big-time, — fresh proof that the COVID-phobic teachers union put the children’s interests last. Math scores for kids in Grades 3-8 — with only 38% of kids being proficient. That was a drop of nearly 8 percentage points from 2019. Reading scores dropped in grades 3-5, but rose in grades 6-8 (though the latter figure may well reflect a dumbed-down exam, since it cuts against the... + full article



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