How much for miseducation?

My understanding is as follows:

Georgia Lottery proceeds are used to fund specific education programs:

1) With a "B" average, Georgia students may qualify for Georgia's HOPE scholarships that may be used at eligible public and private colleges and universities and public technical colleges for tuition, mandatory fees, and book allowances; for tuition assistance for undergraduate students and paraprofessionals who aspire to be teachers; and for tuition assistance to teachers who seek advanced degrees in critical areas of need;

2) The Georgia Prekindergarten Program for all 4-year-olds; and

3) capital outlay projects including computer and other technological upgrades for schools, technical institutes, colleges and universities in the state.

You raise an excellent point and one that I have argued for some time. (Albeit it is a bit off the immediate subject it still falls in my collateral damage folder)

So, why drop down to a 4-day work week?

Let me first point to my own agenda: carbon offset and reduction in oil reliance.

The math, as I see it, goes as thus:
133,000,000 workers X 80% who drive alone = 106,400,000 single driver commuter cars each day.

106,400,000 X 32 miles round trip = 3,404,800,000 miles driven to work each day

3,404,800,000 / 21 mpg (average fuel efficiency) = 162,133,333 gallons of gasoline each day

Each barrel of crude oil produces, on average, 19.5 gallons of gas. (It is important to note that other products like kerosene and asphalt are produced from that same barrel.)

162,133,333 / 19.5 = 8,314,530 barrels of oil each day.

What does that mean though? Reduction (5-10% and perhaps even more) in the amount of oil consumed Monday through Friday simply by rearranging our work week.

A few other reasons to drop down to a 4-day work week?

The 4-day work week would mean less traffic congestion.

Rush hour exists because everyone needs to get to work at about the same time. Anyone who's lived in a city of size can tell you that early in the morning and late in the afternoon the roads fill up. The average 16 mile commutes takes 26 minutes each way. That's 52 minutes a day traveling at roughly 35 miles per hour. Imagine if 1/5 of the cars suddenly disappeared? If the work week was staggered so that 1/5 of all workers took a different day off, the U.S. commuter would see a 20% reduction in rush hour congestion without building a single new road.

The 4-day work week would reduce money spent on new road construction and existing road maintenance.

With 1/5 few cars making the commute each day, fewer new road projects would be necessary and existing roads would last longer with less maintenance. This is not to say that we shouldn't take advantage of this cost savings to invest in alternative transportation systems. In fact it's the opposite. This could be a gift to the tax payer who would receive new and better options for travel without any rise in taxes.

The 4-day work week would reduce absenteeism in the workplace.

The 4-day work week would increase productivity.

In 1930 famed cereal maker W.K. Kellog had this to say about his decision to decrease his companies work week from 40 to 30 hours.
The efficiency and morale of our employees is so increased, the accident and insurance rates are so improved, and the unit cost of production is so lowered that we can afford to pay as much for six hours as we formerly paid for eight.

The 4-day work week would give us more time with family.

In fact, 60% of Americans claim they do not have enough time for family. We work more hours than any nation on the planet. But why do we work? We work to support our families. But is more money and material objects really supporting our families or simply allowing for a smokescreen? The FDA released a report two years ago that stated 7 out of 10 teenage pregnancies are conceived at the home of a young girl between the hours of 3pm and 5pm. Perhaps if we focused less on buying our daughters a sweet 16 car we could simply invest a little more time in her growth and development.

The 4-day work week would decrease operational costs.

Thing energy savings, security savings, maintenance savings, cleaning services, etc.