Democrat Amy Acton ditched a campaign event with left-wing activist Randi Weingarten over the weekend, the event’s host claiming Acton couldn’t be there because she “lost her voice.” Randi Weingarten came to Ohio for a meet-and-greet supporting Acton, who is running against Republican Vivek Ramaswamy to succeed outgoing Gov. Mike DeWine (R).
\n\nActon served as Ohio’s Department of Health Director and “COVID Czar” in early 2020, during which the state was the first in the nation to close all public schools. Weingarten, the longtime leader of the American Federation of Teachers, backed keeping public schools closed for years and prioritized keeping teachers out of the classroom despite evidence that the policy was harmful for students.
\n\nUnder Acton’s leadership and actions, Ohio public schools suffered drastically. Students in urban areas experienced higher rates of chronic absenteeism than their peers, and a February 2021 report showed test scores were dramatically lower than in past years.
\n\n“Across most grades, English language arts proficiency rates generally decreased by about eight percentage points and math proficiency rates decreased by approximately 15 percentage points,” a report from state’s education department stated, with third-grade students demonstrating roughly 20 percent less learning on average between November 2020 and…
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