the.com/learning pods
small groups of kids, one adult, and the quiet death of the school bus.
means a handful of families pooling kids and a hired teacher or parent to run schooling outside a traditional classroom.
from surged in 2020 when parents, staring down remote school on a laptop, decided to outsource the chaos to a tutor and a neighbor's basement.
pandemic boomsearches for pods spiked over 5000 percent in 2020
class sizetypically 3 to 10 kids per pod
equity critiqueresearchers warned pods could widen resource gaps