We have seen, and the data demonstrate this, the largest learning loss in recorded history since we began measuring the learning of our students. Yeah, the biggest learning loss came from the COVID shutdowns. And by the way, The racial gap, the gap between black and white students, the gap between Hispanic and white students, it's more than the [gap] during the COVID lockdowns again, than any time since it's been recorded. Now, once it became irrefutable that the school shutdowns were a travesty, a disaster, Foushee tried to back away and say, oh, I didn't ask for the schools to be shut down. (22:36–22:37)
CLAIM
Asserts that racial educational gaps widened more during COVID-19 lockdowns than at any other recorded time.
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