President Joe Biden called on the public to help make up pandemic-caused learning loss by signing up to be tutors and mentors in his 2022 State of the Union speech Tuesday.
The president touted the spending in the American Rescue Plan, which passed last year and included extensive funding for public schools. But with schools now open, the president called on people to help students make up lost learning caused by the pandemic and the resulting mental health challenges.
“Let’s take on mental health,” Biden said. “Especially among our children, whose lives and education have been turned upside down. The American Rescue Plan gave schools money to hire teachers and help students make up for lost learning.”
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“I urge every parent to make sure your school does just that,” he continued. “And we can all play a part — sign up to be a tutor or a mentor.”
The president also touted his administration’s push to open schools, saying that with the availability of vaccines and therapeutics, “we can end the shutdown of schools and businesses.”
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“Our schools are open,” Biden said. “Let’s keep it that way. Our kids need to be in school.”
