Should school hours be extended
... Howard, proposed that school hours should be extended to provide after school care for children whose parents are both in the workforce. After school ends in a traditional sense, you can have a bit more supervised school activities. ... You cannot expect them to spend eight or ten hours a day focused around classroom activities¡¦ Extending school hours would allow for supervised homework. The advantages of having teachers or other suitable people available to supervise homework after school hours has been noted by a number of parents. ... Schools are appropriate places to provide before and after school care. It is a natural fit for children to be cared for at school and more convenient for parents, rather than their being taken somewhere else.