Take into account that "during school hours" and "on school grounds" is a much bigger chunk of kids' lives in the US than it is in most other countries.
In most countries, school is just the place where you have lessons for a few hours, and all other activities, including even lunch breaks, are part of kids' private lives outside of school and outside of school grounds.
Add to that no school buses and no parents driving their kids to and from school in SUV's, and you get a culture in which kids have a considerably chunk of private life outside of either parental or school control.
The problem imho is giving school administrations so much influence and authority over kids in the first place.
>Take into account that "during school hours" and "on school grounds" is a much bigger chunk of kids' lives in the US than it is in most other countries.
Citation needed, my experience has been the opposite (except for Germany). I was getting out of school at 2:45 in the US, 6 in France.
I know there are extracurricular activities, but still.
In most countries, school is just the place where you have lessons for a few hours, and all other activities, including even lunch breaks, are part of kids' private lives outside of school and outside of school grounds.
Add to that no school buses and no parents driving their kids to and from school in SUV's, and you get a culture in which kids have a considerably chunk of private life outside of either parental or school control.
The problem imho is giving school administrations so much influence and authority over kids in the first place.