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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The demand for online schooling was increasing prior to the pandemic for a variety of reasons, economic and achievement, for both high school and undergraduate degrees. There is tremendous demand for individualized degree programs, both from teachers, who like the flexibility, and students, who like the individualized attention, the cost savings over private brick-and-mortar schools, and the flexibility.

It had started more noticabley with in-person retail and now is spreading to in-person education. The pace of change is accelerating in both of these sectors due to the pandemic and the resulting recession.

Those pushing for in-person who may eventually see a return to it are those whose children need in-person, such as students with learning disabilities or attention problems.

Some families will push for in-person as sort of an educational country club, but those types of schools will become smaller and more expensive, and some will close due to low enrollment. Pods will be the lower-cost version of this trend.[/quote]

I agree  I wrote this in another thread  
If we are out until next March (which is highly likely as some one up thread posted kids will not go back during cold and flu season)-kids will have been home for a year. People may adjust to this as the new normal. I too can't wait for my DC to go back and I am not in a pod. However, people are already forming pods and hiring teachers. When kids go back they will be at vastly different levels. What are public schools going to do to be equitable-probably teach to the lowest level-NPR did a study that showed 40% of FARMS students didn't access the online education at all. Those kids who have been in pods with teachers or just private tutors or parents who could really supplement the parents may not see the value in sending them back. Their child who has been learning and advancing has to repeat what they have already learned? Additionally, they may have become accustomed to Pods/Tutors as the new normal and just continue. This is a real risk to public schools.

Additionally there are many ways to socialized for home shcoolers and more opps/companies may pop up to do just that
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