50% more since the pandemic empowering Virginians to seize unlimited opportunity. All starts in the classroom. The pandemic wreaked havoc on Virginia students and families. Schools were closed too long, unnecessarily. As I said, We were 46th in the nation to reopen our schools. The learning loss was devastating. Standards were lowered, parents were pushed out of their children's lives, and we risked losing an entire generation if we didn't act quickly. (36:37–36:41)
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Asserts that Virginia was the 46th state to reopen schools after pandemic closures.
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