Parents Take Control

During Covid, America’s public school teachers received full pay to stop doing their jobs, often for over a year. Officially, to be clear, Zoom school was in session. But “teaching” via Zoom was barely better than nothing. Zoom schools offered little learning, severe student isolation – and no day care at all. In the early stages of the pandemic, admittedly, few parents loudly decried these three deficiencies. But America’s private schools read parents’ minds. While public schools around the country aggressively fought re-opening, private schools generally resumed in-person instruction as soon as legally possible. Parents ready to pay for more learning, real friendships, and vital day care were quickly able to get all three. Competition gave them a choice.