Pandemic opens door for innovation

Friday, January 29, 2021

As this whole Covid thing unfolded in March of last year, I began looking for silver linings to the dark clouds ahead of us. At the time, my hope was that it would force us to make progress in the utilization of remote learning, which is a net-plus for rural Nebraska. To some extent, that has come to pass, although we have learned that it is perhaps not as effective for the little folks among us. It’s particularly ineffective for little folks with disengaged parents, but from an economic development perspective, remote education (for higher learning) and telecommuting can only benefit our local economy.

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