American education's failing report card is a national embarrassment
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Failing test scores will fuel parents’ anger, and on November 8th, millions of them will make their voices heard.
Angela Morabito is a visiting fellow at the Independent Women’s Forum and the spokesperson for the Defense of Freedom Institute.
This year is nothing like most years. The scrutiny brought upon schools by COVID is not going away; the American people cannot unsee teachers instructing children to validate their nonbinary identity or children’s books in school libraries teaching them how to use sex apps. The public has realized that sending kids back to school is not a cure-all if that school is terrible. It is no surprise that 77 percent of likely voters say education will be important in the upcoming congressional elections.
Since September, the independent women vote has swung towards Republicans by 26 points, according to a NYT/Siena poll. If this was a surprise to Democrats, it should not have been. Students have not recovered from school closures, and neither have women: The workforce has two million fewer women in it today than it did pre-pandemic. For all their hard work and sacrifice to keep their children learning, the schools continue to let them down. These test scores will only motivate voters further toward candidates who promise educational change.