{"id":1720303,"date":"2022-11-01T15:03:19","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T19:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1720303"},"modified":"2022-11-01T15:03:53","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T19:03:53","slug":"gretchen-whitmer-cant-hide-her-track-record-of-shutting-michigan-children-out-of-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gretchen-whitmer-cant-hide-her-track-record-of-shutting-michigan-children-out-of-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Gretchen Whitmer Can\u2019t Hide Her Track Record Of Shutting Michigan Children Out Of School"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgretchen-whitmer-cant-hide-her-track-record-of-shutting-michigan-children-out-of-school%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1720303&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Michigan Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has found herself in hot water with Michigan parents \u2014 and deservedly so.<\/p>\n<p>During her Oct. 25 debate with GOP gubernatorial opponent Tudor Dixon last week, Whitmer had her own \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/27\/another-democratic-governor-has-a-terry-mcauliffe-moment-and-could-lose-thanks-to-parent-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Terry McAuliffe moment<\/a>\u201d in which she attempted to gaslight Michiganders by claiming that kids in the state \u201cwere out [of school] for three months\u201d over the course of the Covid lockdowns. As if such nonsense wasn\u2019t bad enough, the Democrat governor also <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/10\/26\/gretchen-whitmer-refuses-to-condemn-pornographic-books-in-michigans-taxpayer-funded-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">refused<\/a> to condemn the presence of pornographic material in taxpayer-funded school libraries.<\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetrafalgargroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/MI-Gen-Gov-Poll-Report-1023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">several polls<\/a> showing the race between Whitmer and Dixon to be a <a href=\"https:\/\/amgreatness.com\/2022\/10\/31\/insider-advantage-michigan-poll-whitmer-and-dixon-tied-38-9-percent-favorable-rating-for-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">virtual tie<\/a> \u2014 in large part due to the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/10\/25\/can-concerned-parents-turn-michigan-red-this-november-the-way-they-did-virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">swell of support<\/a> Dixon is receiving from Michigan parents \u2014 Whitmer is trying to sweep her debate missteps under the rug and cast herself as the \u201cpro-education\u201d candidate. Since her debate with Dixon, the Democrat governor has made a series of posts on social media aimed at highlighting her proclaimed support for parental rights and ensuring children\u2019s access to education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we put our kids back on track for long-term success, we need parent input,\u201d Whitmer said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovWhitmer\/status\/1585380285570768896?s=20&#038;t=rvpHoXH36G8vZtBQIHE0Mg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Oct. 26 tweet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will work with anyone to help our kids thrive,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gretchenwhitmer\/status\/1586766670701498368?s=20&#038;t=t9rHUBS3mcWsmZPN6BnGtw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">another tweet<\/a> posted on Sunday reads.<\/p>\n<p>Despite her efforts to obfuscate the truth from her constituents, Michigan parents know firsthand the damage Whitmer\u2019s school closure policies have caused their children. In early April 2020, Whitmer issued an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/whitmer\/news\/press-releases\/2020\/04\/02\/suspending-face-to-face-learning-at-k-12-schools-for-remainder-of-school-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">executive order<\/a> suspending in-person learning for K-12 public schools for the remainder of the academic year, a move she would mimic later that year in November and December when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2020\/12\/07\/whitmer-administration-covid-pause-to-continue-december-20-pandemic\/3858317001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">halting<\/a> in-person instruction for Michigan high schools. Some Michigan students, such as those attending Detroit and Ann Arbor Public Schools, were deprived of an in-person education even longer, with those two districts continuing school closures <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wxyz.com\/news\/coronavirus\/metro-detroit-schools-closing-amid-covid-19-surge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">as recently as January<\/a> of this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGretchen Whitmer is gaslighting every parent in Michigan with her blatant lies and attempt to rewrite history,\u201d said Dixon in a statement provided to The Federalist. \u201cShe will try to tell you that what you experienced didn\u2019t happen, but the fact of the matter is that Gretchen Whitmer is a dishonest politician who has time and again passed up opportunities to empower parents and do what is best for students.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cGretchen, not the pandemic, is responsible for plunging test scores and record low education achievement,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>According to results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, a \u201creport card\u201d that measures the educational progress of students across the country, reading and math scores among Michigan students <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgemi.com\/talent-education\/michigans-student-scores-fell-along-nations-during-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">plummeted<\/a> to dramatic lows from 2019 to 2022. As detailed in the report, fourth-grade students\u00a0in the state registered their lowest reading scores in three decades. Significant declines in reading and math scores were also documented among eighth graders, but not to the same degree as the reading scores recorded by fourth graders.<\/p>\n<p>Try as she may, Whitmer\u2019s bid to hide the truth from Michigan parents is a strategy that\u2019s dead<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has found herself in hot water with Michigan parents \u2014 and deservedly so. During her Oct. 25 debate with GOP gubernatorial opponent Tudor Dixon last week, Whitmer had her own \u201cTerry McAuliffe moment\u201d in which she attempted to gaslight Michiganders by claiming that kids in the state \u201cwere out [of [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":1720306,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1720303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1720303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1720303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1720303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1720306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1720303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1720303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1720303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}