New rules for 4-day school weeks draw pushback from some rural North Dakota schools

The North Dakota Department of Public Instruction is weighing new rules for four-day-a-week K-12 schools, but some educators say the proposed changes would unfairly burden rural schools. Under the four-day-a-week model, districts still must still meet the same requirements for minimum instruction time, so school days are longer. Districts that want to adopt the schedule […]