24 April 2008
Extending the school year
If you're a working parent, it just doesn't add up, trying to make four weeks annual leave cover twelve weeks of school holidays.
Most parents rely on a combination of leave, friends, family and formal care to cover school holidays.
According to Maxine McKew, the parliamentary secretary for childcare, this is a 'crazy' state of affairs.
She says we need to 'think big' and work out some kind of realignment of the school year and the work year.
Guests
Geoff Riordan
Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Technology, Sydney
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