The four-day school week has upsides and downsides. How do we weigh them?
Eco Child’s Play (ECP) brings an authoritative perspective to the recent move toward four-day school weeks, which have largely been the result of high fuel prices.
“As a parent and a teacher, I like this idea in order to give families personal time.  [...]

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USA Today reports on the nationwide impact of rising diesel prices on schools. It presents a paradox of sorts, while creating some interesting opportunities.

As we recently reported here and here, the cost of fuel is putting a serious squeeze on school budgets. High gasoline and diesel prices can be a double-edged sword. Or, as Max [...]

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Record oil prices are stretching already thin school budgets to the breaking point.

Families aren’t the only ones examining their driving habits as gas prices climb. Municipal governments, police departments and school districts are also tightening their belts, as budgets get stretched by high fuel costs, the “Los Angeles Times” reports.
The scaling back of bus routes [...]

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High gas prices are forcing rural school districts to switch to a four-day school week in order to cut back on busing.

We’ve all heard of schools closing because of heavy snowfall, but what about high gas prices? That’s just what is happening in some of the nation’s most rural and remote school districts. As the [...]

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