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Why Schools Consider Four-Day Weeks

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In the 2022-2023 school year, Arkansas school districts adopted a nontraditional school calendar, according to the Office for Education Policy.

Arkansas schools have more flexibility to alter the traditional academic calendar. Kate Barnes, a researcher at the University of Arkansas, examines why some schools are making a change.

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Kyle Kellams is KUAF's news director and host of Ozarks at Large.