Progressives ‘quietly’ starting to accept closing schools was ‘historic blunder’

The progressive left might be catching on to the possibility that prolonged school closings amid the coronavirus pandemic was a "catastrophic mistake" that hurt America’s kids, one writer argues.

"Many liberals are complaining that the recent debates over short-term closings are creating a hysterical overreaction from people still angry about the 2020-21 school shutdown," liberal New York Magazine's Jonathan Chait wrote. "Perhaps a first step to building trust that we are not planning to repeat a catastrophic mistake is to admit the mistake in the first place."

Even though Democrats continue to dub those against closing schools as "neoliberal ghouls carrying out the bidding of the billionaire class," Chait said, he hinted that progressives may be ready to surrender without a sound.

"Most progressives aren’t insisting on refighting the school closing wars," he said. "They just want to quietly move on without anybody admitting anybody did anything wrong."