> Schools survived what happened to religion. It should be no surprise that they’ve survived the radio, motion pictures, and the internet

This trope is meaningless without a quality standard. Have schools survived? They’re certainly not thriving, even by today’s handicapped & reduced standards. Moreover, k-12 students in the past learned philosophy, classics, Latin / Greek / German , advanced math, civics, home economics, physical education, theology, and so on.

We have “schools” but they’re hardly recognizable to people from before those other media became widespread.