As the mother of six kids I had reservations from the beginning about virtual school.

The first two weeks of online learning were rocky. Having five people on Zooms brought our already feeble internet connection to a glacial crawl. You could have breakfast, brush your teeth, and take a shower in the time it took to log on to your Zoom. At lunch when I asked what everyone had learned the response was unanimous: Nothing!

Getting started was the hardest part, and each child had their own ...