"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.
Long Covid is certainly a factor, but the argument isn’t that the delays are caused just by staying home specifically. It’s that they were caused by not receiving instruction, which is also obviously true. Kids lose progress just from not receiving instruction over spring break. Lockdown was, for a lot of kids, just that for a whole year.