Through their response to the pandemic, teachers unions overplayed their hand and exposed inherent failures of the one-size-fits-all government school system. Families are now thankfully figuring out that there isn't any good reason to fund institutions when they can fund students directly instead. Support for school choice is through the roof, making 2021 the year of school choice. Eighteen states enacted or expanded programs to fund students instead of systems this year. The number of states with education savings account programs--the purest form of funding students directly and empowering families--doubled from five to 10 this year. The power imbalance between the public school monopoly and families was made clearer than ever. Parents were willing to put up with their children's schools receiving taxpayer money while failing to adequately meet their needs year after year. But it became another thing entirely when those schools took that money but refused to provide in-person service. The public school system's version of virtual learning was a failure for many children, academically and socially. At the same time, remote instruction allowed families to get a closer look at what was going on in their classrooms, and many parents weren't happy with what they viewed to be ideological indoctrination. This unexpected increase in transparency further fueled parents' calls for more control over their children's educations. The latest battles over curriculum, masking, and reopening are all symptoms of the problem that is the one-size-fits-all government school system. Thankfully, more people are now seeing that the best solution to these problems is funding students directly.