Has the pandemic ruined school? It would be hard to find someone who wouldn’t agree to that for at least some stretch of the mask/-less/e-learning/misplaced-public-outrage/ZoomSchool era. But TAL dares to ask: what if it’s bigger than that? What if some kids are permanently scarred from the formal, organized, brick and mortar model of education? It’s more anecdotal than study-based (that comes years from now when graduation rates and standardized test scores take a nosedive), but I found it especially enlightening as someone didn’t have to worry about having a kid in school the past two years.