Four Day vs. Five Day Week

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Journal Articles Dissertations

Blackadar, A. R. & Nachtigal, P. (1986). Cotopaxi/Westcliffe Follow Through Project. Final Evaluation Report. Aurora, CO: Mid-Continent Regional Educational Lab.

 

Chamberlain, M. & Plucker, J. (2003). The Four-Day School Week. Education Policy Briefs, 1(2).


Culbertson, J. (1982). Four-Day School Week for Small Rural Schools. ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools, EDRS 232799.

 

Daly, J. L & Richburg, R. W. (1984). Student Achievement in the Four-day School Week. Office for Rural Education, Colorado State University.

 

Dam, A. (2006). The 4-Day School Week. Denver, CO: Office of Educational Services, Colorado State Department of Education.

 

Darden, E.C. (2008, Nov). The four-day school week: A fuel’s paradise? Forecast, 6 (3).

 

Durr, G. (2003). Four Day School Week. National Conference of State Legislatures.

 

Gaines, G. F. (2008). Focus on the School Calendar: the Four-Day School Week. Atlanta, GA: Southern Regional Education Board.

 

Grau, E. & Shaugnessy, M..F. (1987). The Four-Day School Week: An Investigation and Analysis. ERIC Document Reproduction Service, EDRS 327 337.

 

Koki, S. (1992). Modified school schedules: A look at the research and the pacific. ERIC Document Reproduction Service, ED 024707.

 

Michael, R. (2003). Moving to a 4-day week: how much is saved? Education Policy Briefs, 1(2).

 

Sagness, R.L & Salzman, S. A. (1993). Evaluation of the Four-Day School Week in Idaho Suburban Schools. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Northern Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association (Jackson, WY, October 1-2, 1993).


Yarbrough, R. & Gilman, D. A. (2006, Oct). From Five Days to Four.
           Educational Leadership. 64 (2): 80-85

Bennett, Richard (2005). A case study of the impact of a  four-day week on classroom practice. (Masters             Thesis, Royal Roads University; AAT MR09372)

Feaster, R. A. (2002). The Effects of the Four-Day School Week in Custer, South Dakota. (Doctoral dissertation, University of South Dakota; UMI No. 3055138).

 

Hale, R. M. (2007). A Case Study of the Four-Day School Week in Five South Dakota Prekindergarten-12 Public Schools. (Doctoral dissertation, University of South Dakota, UMI No. 3269556).14

 

Leiseth, B. (2008). A Case Study of the Four-Day Week: An alternative for public schools. (Doctoral dissertation, Capella University; AAT 3320532)

 

Roeth, J. E. (1985). Implementing the Four-Day School Week into the Elementary and Secondary Public Schools. (Doctoral dissertation, Ball State University; UMI No. 8608635).

 Wilmoth, S. (1995). The Four-Day School Week and how it               Affects Student Achievement. (Doctoral dissertation,               University of Arkansas; UMI No. 9536045).