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That's a loss of 15 minutes per day or 45 hours per school year for each of those subjects, both vital for helping youngsters develop and refine their critical thinking skills"
Separate this statement into its two clauses and think about them individually with one more fact thrown in; reading and math are prerequisites for science and social studies.
If the author expects the reader to be concerned, either the author is missing the ability to apply critical thinking skills or the author believes the reader is missing the ability to apply critical thinking skills.