Seeing the education debate play out firsthand causes anxiety. My partner is an elementary school teacher, and through all this debate I’ve been worried about her. I don’t want her to contract the virus. I also believe education is the most important thing in the world. Education, broadly construed, will solve our most existential crisis, climate change. Education will eliminate nuclear and all other forms of war, and will promote peace and prosperity. Education will solve our species’ inequity. Education is the answer, but it’s a delayed investment. If we can see that, we will be just fine. Our effort and focus must sustain, but we can be confident in our convictions, with education. Education enables our progeny to conquer the inevitable problems of the future. Through education, we can change the world—and the fate of life on Earth.