Biden Administration Has an Epiphany: Remote Schooling Is a Civil-Rights Violation

Biden’s own legal theory implies it was racially discriminatory for schools to go remote.

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Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks during a tour at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School in Meriden, Conn., March 3, 2021.

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Did the Biden administration just take the position that states’ and cities’ denying in-person education violates federal civil-rights laws? It sure looks that way.

Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona has threatened legal action under federal civil-rights laws against states that do not allow local governments to mandate masks for school kids. Here is how the New York Times explains the legal theory behind this:

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Dan McLaughlin

Dan McLaughlin is a senior writer at National Review Online and a fellow at National Review Institute.

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