The economic crisis will help American students learn less.

Due to the economic crisis of American schools have already switched to a four-day school week, the Associated Press on March 12.
This system has already moved some areas in 17 states, the most seriously affected by the crisis. Proposals for transfer of schools to a shortened week, introduced by the legislatures of Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Manx, Missouri and Washington.
It was expected that an increase in the number of lessons during the day and reducing the number of training days will help to significantly reduce the costs of transporting children and their meals at school.
The first four-day school week was introduced in order to save during the oil crisis in 1970 in the State of New Mexico. Since then, it has from time to time be applied in rural areas of the United States, where the costs of transporting pupils to school were prohibitive. In 2007-2008, against the backdrop of the high cost of oil and gasoline, she received quite widespread.