To me the article feels like they’re trying to push the narrative ahead of the actual story.  A lot has happened in the past few months, many people have been severely impacted by the lockdowns and school closings and social distancing, and on top of that, there has been a month of acute civil unrest. 

A lot of plans for the fall are still up in the air—Minnesota is not even deciding whether school will be in-person, distance, or mixed until late July—so it is not surprising that working parents have not yet risen up en masse to protest.

It's an interesting article.  What most of these parents were helping with was by no means homeschooling.  Hastily put together plans for zoom teaching to most students in the same box.  This person is obviously frustrated....In Colorado many schools are talking about a hybrid school, but plans are still up in the air.  The rules for these kids would not be helpful at all for learning in relation to COVID.......I am thankful for homeschooling....

I decided that online I was going to stay in my lane and not discuss what the schools should do. I honestly have no idea and since I don't have a horse in the race, I'm just letting people discuss it who are directly impacted. I was reading a lengthy discussion about it online and it's really a mess and complicated.

One thought I did have about this particular situation in the article is that a pandemic (and now civil unrest) really cut everything to the quick in terms of how we structure our lives. For example, choosing to live in one of the biggest and most expensive cities in the country, having a nanny, etc. That's a lifestyle they chose. Under "normal" circumstances it works fine for everyone involved.

But when things are not "normal" then it becomes really dicey, very quickly.

I think of all the families I know who have made a lot of sacrifices to create a different family economy, education, etc. Women who have given up their careers and education. Men who have decided not to climb the ladder in order to have more freedom with their family. Choosing to live in flyover country instead of a big city. Families who forgo all kinds of things - vacations, new cars, etc. - in order to stay home and homeschool their kids. They all willingly do it, but sometimes it is nice to have the chips fall in a way where our choices actually work in our favor as opposed to feeling like we are always the one getting the short end of the stick because of the way society runs.

I don't know if that makes sense, but that was my reaction to the article.