Across the land, parents are starting to get their kids ready for the new school year. In talking to parents, you can hear relief—and an undercurrent of angst. The last few years have been tumultuous for the relationship between parents and schools. The disruptions of school closure and spotty remote learning were followed by masking fights, learning loss, and fierce culture clashes.
It’s been a trying time for parents and educators, alike. But it’s one that also offers the much-needed opportunity, as I suggest in The Great School Rethink, to reset the dysfunctional relationship between families and schools.