Plus, Jerry Springer's obituary, N.B.A. results and spinning monkeys. View in browser | nytimes.com Continue reading the main story April 28, 2023 By David Leonhardt Good morning. Long school closures have put public education — and Randi Weingarten, the leader of a major teachers' union — on the defensive. Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers. Pat Nabong/Chicago Sun-Times, via Associated Press The long shadow of school closures During the early months of the Covid pandemic, Randi Weingarten and the teachers' union she leads faced a vexing question: When should schools reopen? For years, advocates of public education like Weingarten had argued that schools played an irreplaceable role. School was where children learned academic and social skills. It was where low-income children received subsidized meals. Without public schools, their defenders argued, society would come apart. On the other side of the ledger, however, was the worst pandemic...
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