K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: From inclusive pods to learning hubs.

The wealthy are hiring teachers or tutors to staff “pandemic pods,” while middle-class families are sharing homeschooling duties or hiring non-teachers (lots of young people are out of work) to supervise children’s remote learning and play.

Are parent-created pods unfair to families who lack the time, money, space and education for DIY schooling? Nonprofits — and sometimes cities or school districts — are creating small-group alternatives, often providing child care and supervised remote learning.

Life is unfair. Public schools are unfair to students capable of independent thought.