For two full years, Democratic-run states sacrificed their economies for a benefit that, according to a recent New York Times analysis, was at best minor and probably nonexistent.

But that’s not the worst of it — they also sacrificed their children’s well-being for that nonexistent benefit. Three recent studies suggest that learning loss in schoolchildren due to pandemic restrictions on in-person instruction has been even more severe than previously believed.

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