COVID-19 posed plenty of challenges for folks around the world, but parents of school-aged children had a particularly hard time. As millions of students were forced to attend virtual school, many parents were too busy with their own WFH woes to keep constant tabs on what their kids were doing. Many schools, likewise, were ill-prepared for the realities of digital learning, and keeping kids engaged in virtual lessons was difficult. It came as no surprise, then, when declines in learning relative to previous years were observed in students. In June 2021, market research firm Ipsos surveyed US parents with school-aged kids on the future of education.