Thread by @trumwill

I supported a remote option before it was cool. #AheadOfTheCurve

https://twitter.com/ConorPWilliams/status/1425214177627541517

I will say, though, last year advocates for remote learning spent a lot more time and energy trying to disempower parents that wanted in-person, than the other way around.

I have a list that involves a lot of school-chatters, disproportionately from the open side... and generally there has actually been some consistency.

Supporters of open schools who are generally school choice people are fine with a remote option. Those against a remote option tend to be the more leftier open advocates who wanted open because they're uncomfortable with distance learning (and homeschool, for that matter).

Not going to say I never waivered on available remote option, but only when I was worried that families would do the remote option for fear of Covid long after such fears were reasonable.

Judging by the numbers I'm seeing, parents are ready to send their kids back in large numbers. So it looks like inertia not a huge concern after all.

The last thing to add to this is that states with more robust charter systems already had and have remote options in place. West Virginia didn't because it's historically hostile to charter schools. But a lot of states did, for parents who want it for Covid or other reasons.