Credit:to increase female workforce participation and help shape the state budget.
“Inadvertently, the COVID tuition program has provided a great environment for schools to trial and test ways to provide education before and after school, which many schools have done,” she said. The government first revealed its intention to overhaul the traditional six-hour school day as a key productivity measure in last year’s budget.
“That, of course, intersects with the school day system and long daycare and I think we’ll be making recommendations about where you could take that, but I can’t commit the panel today,” she said. “This is a complex, multi layered issue, but we shouldn’t be frightened of it. And boldness and bravery, that we’ve been asked to deal with, will be evident in our advice.”
LucyCormack Study after study recommends high school should start later so teens can get enough sleep, yet I didn't even see a mention of this in the article. I really hope this finds its way into this trial, but I fear it won't.