I said this in another thread- I am fine with this in terms of schooling since it only means another 35 minutes a day according to the article I read. However, the solution for poor kids seems to be “keep them in school because parents can’t afford child care,” which creates a really unfair two-tiered educational system. Now the extra schooling could actually be of benefit to the poor kids, but I still think it’s bad to force them to do what other kids don’t have to just because their parents are poor.

What is needed is subsidized daycare.