The relationship between public schools and the parents whose children attend those schools has been crumbling for decades. Long gone are the days when parents and teachers helped each other reinforce a shared set of values. Not since the 1950s have they agreed upon the substance or the goals of what was being taught in the K–12 curriculum.
The pandemic of COVID-19 has introduced millions of parents in the U.S. to “involuntary homeschooling,” and close to a billion parents worldwide. It is almost certain that, when this crisis finally ends, many of these parents will continue to homeschool, having learned its benefits firsthand. The question is whether our schools will have learned any comparable lessons.
