[smt88]

> So except for local geography, local history and local civics and polity and the art of making real life friends, there's nothing a physical school offers that Khanacademy + YT doesn't. So would you send your kids to the internet for school?

This is a very engineer-y way to think. You optimize the instruction and assume the other qualities of in-person learning are disposable.

They absolutely aren't for most people and almost all kids. They generally crave the socialization they get at school. There isn't a digital substitute for it.

One could also argue that the art of making friends is one of the most helpful for ultimate life success.

It's notable that most people with means that I know are raging against virtual education and are instead moving to "pods" (2-10 kids with a private teacher).