Former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Dr. Anthony Fauci admitted in an interview on CBS Mornings that prolonged school closures were a "mistake."
A new report has criticized the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, citing that lockdowns, school closures and vaccine mandates were "catastrophic errors."
A significant chunk of the shutdowns occurred in New York City, where the Catholic Archdiocese confirmed the closure of 12 schools by the end of this academic year.
According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), test scores in math and reading for the 2022-2023 school year are worse than in the 2019-2020 school year, when schools closed due to COVID-19.
Currently serving as the president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the second-largest teachers' union in the country, Weingarten was instrumental in shaping COVID policies in academic settings.
