Despite huge funding increases, schools cling to four-day weeks
Dec 11, 2024 · Over several years, culminating in the 2018 state legislative session, officials blamed the growing trend of four-day weeks at Oklahoma schools on a lack of state funding. But since 2018, …
Oklahoma lawmakers tried to limit four day school weeks, but they’re ...
Oct 27, 2022 · The vast majority of Oklahoma schools and students are on a five day schedule. But for just shy of 100 rural school districts across the state, four day weeks have become a staple in the …
Four-Day School Week Overview
Jun 28, 2023 · A four-day school week is an alternative to the traditional five-day weekly educational schedule. A four-day schedule involves reducing the number of school days to four, usually from …
The shift to a four-day school week was a strategy employed by many school districts in Oklahoma to address an $878 million budget shortfall, subsequent budget cuts, and teacher shortages. The HIA …
Rules affecting 4-day school weeks advance to Legislature
Jan 24, 2020 · New rules that could curtail four-day school weeks were adopted Thursday by the Oklahoma State Board of Education. The board left open the possibility for schools to operate four …
Are All Four-Day School Weeks Created Equal? A National …
Oct 1, 2021 · Abstract. Four-day school weeks are used in over 1,600 schools across twenty-four states but little is known about adoption and implementation of these types of school calendars. Through …
Oklahoma lawmakers to mull rules limiting 4-day school weeks
Jan 26, 2020 · The Oklahoma Legislature will consider new rules that would raise the student performance standards for schools to operate on a four-day work week. The Oklahoma State Board …
Four-Day School Weeks: Student Outcomes and School Budgets
Oct 26, 2023 · Four-day school weeks may have some positive effects on student behavior in school. By using Oklahoma data, four-day schools showed a 39% decrease in bullying rates and a 31% …
The state of Oklahoma schools: the four day week
Oct 31, 2016 · 139 school districts in Oklahoma went to a four day school week for the 2016-2017 school year. That is almost one third of every school district in Oklahoma. Inola Public Schools was …
Oklahoma State School Board Adopts New 4-Day School Week Rules
Jan 24, 2020 · The State Board of Education has adopted new rules that would make it harder for Oklahoma schools to keep four-day school weeks in place.
'It's a big deal': Oklahoma State Department of Education approves four ...
Aug 3, 2023 · The OSDE also approved Stonewall Public Schools' request for 156 school days. Supt. Greg Lovelis says this will mark the district's eighth year following a four-day week.
Could one of Oklahoma’s largest school districts switch to a four-day ...
Dec 10, 2024 · Broken Arrow Public Schools is weighing a proposal to switch from five days of school a week to four. The move would make Broken Arrow the largest district in the state with a four-day …