Oklahoma schools go on four-day weeks so teachers can make rent by working at Walmart on Mondays

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5. This seems to leave some info out.

For example, it's not new. http://newsok.com/time-to-end-four-day-school-weeks-in-oklahoma/article/5575291 They've had 4-day weeks for quite a while, now.

Some districts report saving money. Not all. It's an option. http://kfor.com/2017/02/07/four-day-school-week-paying-off-for-local-districts-lawmakers-want-a-change/

But I'd rather have longer days and an additional day off, in principle. Not sure it would work to make every class 20% longer, though. Note that a number of businesses offered employees a 4-day week. Oddly, few of them had the claim made about them that it was so their employees could work at Walmart. It no doubt happens in some cases. Not in others.

The lack of a raise also refers to a state-wide pay increase. http://kfor.com/2017/02/07/four-day-school-week-paying-off-for-local-districts-lawmakers-want-a-change/ I find it fairly outrageous that they haven't had a raise, but it's still incomplete information. Local districts can increase pay to accommodate local differences in living standards and wage standards. It's not absolute standard of living that seems to matter, but relative standards of living. The difference between top-paying and low-paying (state-minimum) districts isn't large but it nonetheless exists.