Quote of the Day 11/24/2015

“I would argue that this is not good for kids — I think it’s going to cause students to lose momentum. There is clearly a saturation point by lengthening the school day, where you are going to exhaust students, and then they have three days before they come back and revisit what is being taught.”

-State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister, arguing against the 4-day school week being considered by a growing number of Oklahoma school districts to deal with budget cuts (Source)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Gene Perry worked for OK Policy from 2011 to 2019. He is a native Oklahoman and a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a B.A. in history and an M.A. in journalism.

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