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Originally Posted by Slava
Hold on though, it's not "pseudo-daycare". I find it weird that we expect such short learning times for our kids. If the kids were in school more hours they could take a more varied approach to the curriculum. More hands-on activity, more doing and less just sitting there listening in general. For some reason though it's become a rarity that kids attend the full 4.5 days a week (and by full I mean from 8:30-3:15 with a break for lunch and recess). Is there evidence that we are teaching students so effective that they need less class time? That seems to be at odds with intuition.
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I don't know what the optimal time frame for the students, but my point is that it could be less than the usual workforce, 5 day a week norm. If that is true, I think the issue for many is not whether teachers are underpaid/overworked, but that now a parent my incur costs for daycare. To me, that is a very separate issue where the teachers are taking the blame.