The 9:00am school bell forms the foundation of many family routines in NSW, but if Premier Dominic Perrottet has his way, that could be set for a shake-up.
For a start, the pre-federation single-income family dynamic has been transformed.
The ABS data estimated there were about 416,000 one-parent families with dependents where the parent was employed.NSW Education Minister Sarah Mitchell said the school day shouldn't be set in stone. A driving force behind the Premier's argument is making school more compatible with modern lifestyles.Don Carter, a senior education lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney, said answering that needed to be put before debates about hours.
"It might be the case that in the morning you have certain age groups looking at doing some of the particular key learning areas like English and maths, literacy and numeracy, then moving on to other types of key learning areas and activities in the afternoon.
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