During the pandemic, when schools shut down, you might have heard people say “we are being forced to home-school.” Parents were left to deal with remote learning, virtual school and work packets. Some signed their children up with online academies through their local public school districts and I often read and heard parents say how hard “home schooling” was and that their child wasn’t doing well. No wonder! None of the aforementioned are examples of home schooling. These are all examples of public school at home.

“School choice” is a term that many conservative politicians have adopted as one of their main platforms.

A teacher recently asked me if I thought being a mother made me more educated in regard to children. My prompt retort was to ask them if they could explain to me the history of compulsory education.