[ April 14, 2026 ]
I have often said, the law of unintended consequences are always on our side. And there are cracks where the light gets in. Weaponizing Covid into a Constitutional-crushing power grab by the Democrats is no exception. Shutting down schools for years didn’t just put parents in a vice and harm children, it exposed parents to the indoctrination and dangerous propaganda the schools were ‘teaching’ the children.
Parents left public school in droves. “Be the change….”
As we speak, major school districts nationwide are re-instituting the debilitating-to-children mask mandates.
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“There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in,” Leonard Cohen.
More Parents Opt for Public School Alternatives in Post-Covid World.
Wall Street Journal: According to a new report from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, enrollment grew 7% at charters between 2019 and 2022, while falling 3.5%, or almost 1.5 million, at traditional public schools over the same period. Catholic schools likewise have seen a boost in attendance, with nationwide enrollment this year up 3.8%, the largest increase in more than two decades. In addition to fleeing traditional public schools for charter and parochial alternatives, thousands of families responded to the Covid crisis by creating “learning pods” or “microschools” for their children ( Forsaken Children of a Forged Pandemic
Nearly 6 in 10 parents preferred learning pods to remote learning and traditional public schools.
Parents took advantage of education options like never before during the pandemic, to the point where K-12 schooling in the years ahead could look a lot different than it did pre-Covid.
ADVERTISEMENTAccording to a new report from the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, enrollment grew 7% at charters between 2019 and 2022, while falling 3.5%, or almost 1.5 million, at traditional public schools over the same period. Catholic schools likewise have seen a boost in attendance, with nationwide enrollment this year up 3.8%, the largest increase in more than two decades.
In addition to fleeing traditional public schools for charter and parochial alternatives, thousands of families responded to the Covid crisis by creating “learning pods” or “microschools” for their children. This involved bringing together small groups of students who were taught by hired instructors or parent volunteers. The Center on Reinventing Public Education, a research organization based at Arizona State University, has been studying the phenomenon, and its findings are revealing.
Continue reading the entire piece here at The Wall Street Journal (paywall)
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