student is going to the library. they can even track the length of a bathroom break. what do they do with all this information? according to one of the program s founders, student attendance and tardiness are scored into a point system some professors use for grading. schools can use the data to take action against truant students. joining me now, drew harwell, who broke the story. i totally get that part. i think schools should be able too figure out the most effective way of determining attendance and tardiness. where does the bathroom break come into this? or the library? i m really glad that this kind of technology wasent around when i was in college. yeah, it all goes into building this profile on the student. what can we know about how often they re going to class, how long they re staying through. and, you know, the professors get a full on timeline of how long the student stayed in the lecture. that they can sort of build into their grade and maybe use against them later on.
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that s taking place mostly in these rural school communities, western states, for instance in colorado 55% of school districts are on these altered schedule in new mexico it s 40%. whether you have a shorter week you have a longer day on average 30 to 90 minutes longer. but there are studies show there are benefits to a shorter school week. for instance better teacher retention, less burn out, more time for class prep and to grade papers. also higher student attendance, less absenteeism. higher aptitude. also for the cash strapped school districts cost reductions in utilities and transportation. also substitute teacher fees as well. you talk about the burden of extra child care with that extra day off. now, what they found in these rural communities is that usually you have a parent at home. a family member, a grand parent so there isn t that big of a burden, that big of a need for child care but that also limits the adoption of four day school week in bigger metropolis urban centers,
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jobs, things substitution costs, that s been reduced by about 75 percent, there s an an improvement in student attendance and referrals since 2008, kids aren t missing for doctors and dentists appointments but none of this would have been possible without the community and the parents, their support. take a listen. biggest problem i heard was child dare for the days. but they offer different locations like the church and girls and boys clubs that can accommodate the parents for day care. school days have also been extended, high schoolers are at school from 7:30 in the morning until 4:15 in the evening, that s something parents also need to consider but for now it has been working. the superintendent tells us that when the money returns, it s up to the community if they ll continue the four-day school week. the superintendent, susan clark, also tells us the districts in georgia and across the nation are calling her with interest. georgia state legislator pass add law last year
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we ve researched a four-day week for two years, and the studies said that the academic achievement under a four-day week is neutral. neither positive nor negative gain. we have found there s a great increase in staff and student attendance. let me stop you there. how did the studies i just i m trying to figure out how the studies say that, if you have an entire day that the children aren t learning where normally they would be. how could that be neutral? well, because you keep the hours of instruction the same. so when we go to a four-day week, our students have the same amount of instruction over the course of the time that they re in school as they said in a current five-day week. are not there more factors, though, that go into act than just the actual quote-unquote instruction into a child s learning and the being there and the socialization and access to teachers? don t you factor that in? are the studies just looking at test scores, or how do he evaluate it?
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