[Source.](https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2023/08/the_great_untethering.html) > The spread of school choice and rise of remote work are two of today’s most significant social trends. In the last year alone, seven states -- Florida, Indiana, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia -- have followed Arizona’s lead in adopting statewide policies which fund families to educate their children in whatever way they wish. Parents in these states can keep relying on their local public school, but they can also spend their state subsidy on a private school, homeschool, private tutor, online academy, and even a mini school they create with neighbors. > At the same time, the work-from-home movement, which even before COVID had accelerated from just 3.5% of the non-farm workforce in 2000 to 24% in 2019, continues to grow. Today, according to Stanford University’s Digital Economy Lab, over half of U.S. employees work remotely at least part of the week. > And while many experts once believed that that pressure from bosses would eventually restore the five-day-a-week office routine, a recent study from McKinsey shows that bosses themselves like the option of working from home even more than their junior colleagues. Of those earning over $150,000 annually, a full third said they “strongly preferred working from home” and would even take a pay cut for the freedom to do it part-time. Kastle Systems, a nationwide provider of office security services, has similarly concluded that some combination of commuting and getting the job done from home has become the “new normal” and “is here to stay.”