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Lockdowns and School Closures Hurt Working Moms as well as Children

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COVID is making the case for more school choice

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, Lockdowns and school closures have meant many women have had to stay home to care for children who can’t attend school in person. How many? Almost a million mothers have left the workforce and many won’t be returning any time soon if lockdowns continue.

“We’ve dialed the clock back decades in terms of women’s workplace progress,” reports Axios. “A year ago, women held the majority of non-farm payroll jobs, outnumbering men in the workforce for the first time ever.”

https://www.axios.com/mothers-out-of-work-pandemic-692c26d2-009e-4534-9162-0862ae269499.html

And now? One year into the pandemic, women’s labor force participation is the lowest it’s been since 1987. We wonder if the Ridgewood moms who voted for Biden and the Democrat’s like Phil Murphy understand how much damage the lockdown party has done to the economic advancement of women as well as their children?

Teachers unions are facing criticism for dragging their feet on reopening schools, and they deserve it. But they’re just doing what they’re supposed to do. Instead of expecting them to behave differently, we ought to rethink the way we run our school systems.

The case that schools can provide in-person instruction safely during the coronavirus pandemic has gotten overwhelming. Three researchers for the Centers for Disease Control have just concluded that “there has been little evidence that schools have contributed meaningfully to increased community transmission.” They caution that schools should continue to require mask usage and social distancing while improving ventilation, but note that “the preponderance of available evidence from the fall school semester has been reassuring.”

COVID it seems  is making a strong case for more school choice. A recent survey found that 60% of private schools are providing instruction in-person, while only 24% of public schools are. The most likely explanation is that parents – the group of adults with the greatest interest in children’s health and welfare – have more sway over the schools they directly fund

One thought on “Lockdowns and School Closures Hurt Working Moms as well as Children

  1. He DOES NOT CARE…
    (keep voting him into office, though)

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