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Anglum, J. Cameron; Park, Aaron – AERA Open, 2021
In recent years, rural school district adoption of 4-day school weeks has grown markedly. Despite this rapid growth, scant empirical evidence has documented the factors associated with district adoption and subsequent effects on student, labor, and economic outcomes. We examine the spread of the 4-day school week in rural Missouri, where over 10%…
Descriptors: Educational Change, School Schedules, Rural Schools, School Districts
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Rauscher, Emily – AERA Open, 2020
The U.S. Department of Education made recent technical changes reducing eligibility for the Rural and Low-Income School Program. Given smaller budgets and lower economies of scale, rural districts may be less able to absorb short-term funding cuts and experience stronger negative achievement effects. Kansas implemented a state-level finance change…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Academic Achievement, Rural Schools, Budgeting