four-day school week

Four-day school weeks have become more common across Oklahoma over the last decade. Lawmakers have tried to limit the practice. But , the rural districts that use them are fighting to keep them.

A 2019 law designed to limit four-day school weeks across Oklahoma appears to be having that effect as schools set their calendars for the 2022-23 school year. But, some schools that love the practice are getting creative to keep as many four-day weeks as possible.

A new Rand Corporation study on the strengths and weaknesses of four-day school weeks found mixed results.

The practice of four day school weeks will likely continue widely during the 2021-22 school year in Oklahoma. On Thursday, the state’s Board of Education…

A group of rural Oklahoma lawmakers are asking the State Department of Education to reconsider rules they say would end four-day school weeks.The 16…

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and ACLU Oklahoma Executive Director Ryan Kiesel…

This Week in Oklahoma Politics, KOSU's Michael Cross talks with Republican Political Consultant Neva Hill and ACLU Oklahoma Executive Director Ryan Kiesel…

Erika Buzzard Wright doesn’t hesitate to admit she doesn’t know what she’s doing.Before today, she’s never organized a press conference or put together a…

Parents and teachers in Oklahoma school districts with four-day weeks gathered at the state capitol Monday to ask lawmakers not to adopt rules they say…

This session was far less contentious than last session in part because lawmakers were working with a budget surplus. Oklahoma teachers didn’t stage any…