Solving today's challenge will require something more fundamental than either tech solutions or event planning: people working together to build close-knit school communities.

Most K12 leaders would agree that high-dosage tutoring is now a key part of instruction. Most would also note difficulties with finding adequate space and funding, hiring high-quality tutors and encouraging students to attend.

Gov. Tony Evers said in his veto message that this type of legislation "harms LGBTQ Wisconsinites' and kids' mental health, emboldens anti-LGBTQ harassment, bullying, and violence, and threatens the safety and dignity of LGBTQ Wisconsinites, especially our LGBTQ kids."

The cities and towns with the best schools in the country, according to real estate site Niche, do not represent vast swaths of the country.