Lockdowns: More children drop out of school than Americans have died of COVID

[Counselor706]

The past nine months have seen more than a quarter-million Americans die from the coronavirus. Each and every death represents a tragedy — a life cut short, an empty place at the family table this holiday season, children mourning their parents, even parents mourning their children.

But a separate and ongoing tragedy has also struck at countless more than another quarter-million Americans: Children who have disappeared from school following last spring’s COVID-19 closures. A survey conducted by CBS’s “60 Minutes” found that among 78 of the largest school districts in the country, at least 240,000 students remained unaccounted for when school resumed, in many cases virtually, this fall. This number doesn’t, of course, include the many other children schools have lost in other districts.

Each and every one of those cases also represents a tragedy. Indeed, it’s a slow-moving crisis. Every child who doesn’t return to school to complete his or her education represents dreams unfulfilled. It means diminished career prospects, lower earnings, an increased risk of trouble with law enforcement or substance misuse, more expense to society through the criminal justice and welfare systems, and on, and on, and on.

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[Dingobaby]

Imagine that, parents keeping kids out of school during a pandemic.

You're a fucking idiot, miles.

 

[Lazaran]

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Trump and the republicans mishandling of the pandemic continues to have tragic consequences like the one the OP cited.

SAD!!!

 

[WillJ8787]

I don't agree with a lot of your post and this one was very compelling.

Tragedies in many directions for sure!

 

[Fermina_Daza]

Some places can’t open schools because they don’t have enough healthy teachers or staff. And most people who used to substitute (for crap pay and no insurance) aren’t willing to put their lives on the line.

Seems pretty cyclical to me.

 

[phrodeau]

The kids can return to school once they’re safe and they have the means.

The deceased, not so much.