re: Defund all public education?

One of the biggest reasons stated by FL’s Gov DeSantis was that the “achievement gap” is widening significantly the longer kids are learning from home. As the father of two boys, one who has always made straight A’s and another who suddenly started making straight A’s and crushed the standardized assessment at the end of the year, I don’t doubt that his statement is true. The parents are responsible for their kids’ education. This is likely exacerbated when A) parents are able/forced to teach their own kids and 2) the class isn’t paced at the rate of the most challenged learner.

All that said, the kids that have to have school back in session to be taught and fed are the ones who are most likely not to go unless their parents are absolutely forced to.