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Three Midwest Rural School Districts’ First Year Transition To The Four Day School Week, Jon Turner, Kim Finch, Ximena Uribe-Zarain Feb 2019

Three Midwest Rural School Districts’ First Year Transition To The Four Day School Week, Jon Turner, Kim Finch, Ximena Uribe-Zarain

The Rural Educator

The four-day school week is a concept that has been utilized in rural schools for decades to respond to budgetary shortfalls. There has been little peer-reviewed research on the four-day school week that has focused on the perception of parents who live in school districts that have recently switched to the four-day model. This study collects data from 584 parents in three rural Missouri school districts that have transitioned to the four-day school week within the last year. Quantitative statistical analysis identifies significant differences in the perceptions of parents classified by the age of children, special education identification, and free …


A Summary And Critique Of The Section 5005 Report On Rural Education: Final Report, Devon Brenner Feb 2019

A Summary And Critique Of The Section 5005 Report On Rural Education: Final Report, Devon Brenner

The Rural Educator

A Summary and Critique of the Section 5005 Report on Rural Education: Final Report