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?
"Conservatives" -- to the extent they even realized they were in a culture war -- haven't realized that they lost it to such an extent that they are now seen as "Enemies of the State and the American People". So they think that quaint notions like raising concerns about the curriculum to the teacher or school board will still work instead of outing them as The Enemy.