Public education's watershed moment

It is hard to overstate just how much public education in the United States was permanently changed by extended school closures of 2020 and 2021.

For an entire year, millions of students across the country were forced to attend classes via Zoom, wear masks that affected their cognitive abilities, and were generally socially isolated. At the same time, decision-makers in school districts from Virginia to California were pushing a political agenda that blatantly sought to shut parents out of the education of their own children.