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[quote=Anonymous]What we need to admit as a country is that public school IS childcare. We rely on it as such, and it’s our only form of publicly subsidized childcare or support to parents whatsoever. This is not to belittle the actual content of education, but it’s not optional, it’s essential. Most families and indeed our entire economy rely on it, but we are acting like it’s “just” to benefit kids minds. Clearly that’s not essential enough (actually learning) but it’s much bigger than that, it’s the engine of the economy as a whole. Should schools and teachers alone near that burden? No, but like all the other workers and systems mentioned, they probably have to. Like one teacher said we need to recognize this overall and not just during this pandemic. If schools are child care and we cannot work without it, then it should be the backbone of reopening plans to either reopen schools or childcare canters of some sort, or, to provide paid extended leave to parents in general. Basically it needs to be thought through as a vital service. In some countries childcare is free right now for essential workers. [/quote]

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