It’s been an infuriating and decidedly odd few years for the nation’s parents. In spring 2020, schools closed and states told parents to home-school their children, with the assistance of intermittent Zoom sessions and semifunctional online resources. Across much of the land, parents settled into an extended period of remote learning, during which they had to do their jobs, supervise their children, and keep the wheels from coming off. LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD FOR INDEPENDENT MEDIA As schools reopened, a host of new challenges emerged. There were heated fights over masking, vaccination mandates, and politicized “anti-racist” practices. Those fights were soon followed by clashes over how schools should approach gender identity, what books belong in school libraries, and whether educators should teach first graders about sex. Parents who objected to district policies risked being smeared...