A New Life for Latchkey Kids
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Brigid Schulte is so close to seeing the answer right in front of her to the problem of latchkey children ["Nowhere to Go but Home," Outlook, Sept. 27], as is Education Secretary Arne Duncan. It's not just the school day that's outmoded, it's the whole school year.
When, after all, was the last time you spent the summer working in the fields with your children? School should run all day, all year, like the workplace. Yes, there could be vacations, but think about 11 weeks on, two weeks off, four times a year. (Wow, a skiing vacation, or springtime in Paris!) And like the workplace (at least in theory), all schoolwork should be done during that day.
This would require some creativity to accommodate sports in particular, as well as a paradigm shift in teaching, but just imagine the advantages of bringing families' lives into sync. You might as well dream big.
WARREN EMERSON
Arlington
