school students. we flushed trillions down the drain. catholic school students actually increased their learning gains, didn t lose ground in math and public schools multi-decade losses. so looking at the catholic school system, if there were a state in the country, it would be the highest performing state in the nation. catholic school students are 1 1/2 to 2 years ahead of students in public schools. like you said about the cost, catholic school tuition is $5,800. public school pending is $16,000 per student. what is the solution? school choice policies. let families control their child education funding. fund the students, not the system. parents can choose to send their students to a school that is open and responsive to the needs of the parents and the data showed that with catholic schools in even october 2020. 90% of catholic schools were hop. the 10% that were closed is because the government forced them to close like in california