“Something good could come out of this—the first hint that we _can_ survive without expensive brick and mortar schools.”
Hmmm, this reminds of all the parents who swore they were going to do something different and protect their children more after Sandy Hook. I wonder what ever happened to all those good intentions...
Change is always difficult.
At work (now retired) I was part of a team that did impossible things every single day.
The trick was that we worked together, listened to all the ideas (including those that made us uncomfortable), tried one alternative after the other, admitted when something did not work, and kept trying until we found something that did work.
After a couple of years we learned the “trick” and could find good alternatives earlier.
A couple of things we learned:
—No negative attitudes allowed. If someone says something is impossible they are out of the team for that project.
—Radical solutions are tried _first_, not last. It usually turns out that the hurdle was caused by being too cautious.
—The best idea is usually the one nobody thought of in the first pass, it was too radical.
—The “leader” for implementation had to be a volunteer, usually the person who thought of the idea. They were highly motivated to make it work.
—Success breeds success. After we proved we could do it a couple of times, everyone started to believe we could do the next change.
—You need a list of all the issues and problems, to make sure you know of all of them. That is the starting point, and btw the way you measure your success!
Every single person accomplished things _they_ thought were impossible when the team started.
Can we get rid of brick and mortar schools?
Of course we can.