In Our View: Time for school graduation waiver has passed

Sooner, rather than later, public schools must stop using the fallout from COVID-19 as an excuse for all manner of shortcomings.

Undoubtedly, the pandemic that arrived in 2020 upended the educational process. Students throughout the country were temporarily thrust into remote learning; teachers had to reinvent instructional methods; and parents had to adjust daily routines while often worrying about the security of their own jobs.