"We are actively dealing with problems remote learning caused. A whole generation of kids is further behind than they were tracking to be behaviorally, mathematically, and in reading scores."
Gee I wonder what would do that, is it three+ years of unmitigated exposure to a virus that causes brain damage? No, the problem is they stayed home, which makes you developmentally challenged, as we all know. Oh, you don't want to get COVID? Then stay home.
Education has been trending downwards (in America) for a long while. COVID and lockdowns all contributed to accelerating that but the root problem is just inadequate resources.
Also, the "lockdowns" could not have been as bad if there had also been funding to properly deliver remote learning. Access to education is poor and worse during and since the pandemic