The academic devastation caused by a year of online learning can’t be repaired by summer school or tutoring. Students who failed to learn should repeat the grade they were just in.
Victor Joecks
Victor Joecks’ column appears in the Opinion section each Sunday, Wednesday and Friday.
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President Joe Biden and his administration have already told numerous whoppers. You wouldn’t know it from the fawning media coverage.
It will take years to understand fully how much damage a year of school closures did to Clark County children’s mental health. The early indicators are heartbreaking.
From coronavirus deaths to unemployment rate to vaccination distribution, states led by Republican governors have outperformed states run by Democrats.
King Steve Sisolak and state health officials have all the credibility of Chicken Little.
If you want to understand the disparity between Nevada’s public and private sector, just look at Gov. Steve Sisolak’s budget proposal.
If president-elect Joe Biden wants unity, he’s going to have to address how Democrats frequently use polarization to gain a political advantage.
House Democrats impeaching President Donald Trump a second time certainly was historic. They presided over the lowest-stakes impeachment in history.
If only Gov. Steve Sisolak was as committed to vaccine distribution as he is to pointing fingers.
Rediscovering federalism might be the country’s only sustainable way to reduce political tensions.
Fund the police. Arrest — and charge — rioters. Perhaps those two statements won’t be controversial after this week’s travesty at the U.S. Capitol.
Gov. Steve Sisolak shouldn’t vaccinate felons before senior citizens. Even a casual look at the coronavirus death numbers makes this obvious.
Reports of Nevada’s impending budget crisis have been greatly exaggerated.