On a surface level, it makes sense that they want public schools to be reopened, but really, it just shows how hypocritical some of these conservatives are, like Ben Shapiro ("shocking," I know). For years conservatives have been lamenting the public schools as a source of leftist indoctrination (which I agree with), so shouldn't conservatives be more vocal about the value of home schooling? Or would having students be home-schooled (which generally a parent wants to be there for) shine a greater light on a problem conservative politicians and pundits want to ignore?
Home-schooling should definitely be more utilized compared to public schools, so I don't understand why conservatives in general aren't looking a gift horse in the mouth?
The main problem is that they're keeping their funding. If they want to keep pretending like virtual schooling is an acceptable option, they need to have at least 75% of their funding cut and diverted to alternative schooling options, like grants for parents looking to send their kids to a private school or even home schooling.
America has the most expensive education in the world, for terrible results.
Just outlawing government-owned schools (outside of West Point and Annapolis) and returning all those property taxes and state lottery money and we could easily afford private education.
(State lotteries were dubbed "a tax on people who suck at math." An interesting idea, but making them pay for school would probably me more helpful.)