The Big Picture

Last Thursday, the House of Representatives passed a bill to repeal the 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) that gave the President the authority to go forward with the invasion of Iraq. This groundbreaking piece of legislation found bipartisan support as a vote of 268 to 161 passed the bill with 49 Republicans voting alongside Democrats to get it through.

With the school year kicking off soon, many are still wondering what education will even look like. Most school districts have left parents in the dark regarding much of the details surrounding either virtual or in-person learning, and school boards around the nation haven’t even put the basics of schooling to a vote.

The largest driver of the United States’ economy is its uniquely American workforce. This group of highly driven and motivated individuals have brought the U.S. from a small, agrarian nation, to the largest and most productive economy the world has ever seen. However, this crucially important demographic of the United States has been largely neglected in the past few months.

America’s student population of around 67.8 million have been hit hard by the changes caused by the Coronavirus pandemic and subsequent government responses to it. Primary, secondary, and college students have had to shift their learning from the traditional classroom, to an unfamiliar virtual one. If there’s one thing for certain however, it’s that children are very adaptable to changing circumstances, while the educational system very much isn’t.