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Hundreds of school systems around the country have adopted four-day weeks in recent years, mostly in rural and western parts of the U.S. Districts cite cost savings and advantages for teacher ...
A separate study of 1,700 parents sponsored by the St. Joseph School District found fewer than half (48%) supported moving to a four-day school week. Unsurprisingly, 75% of students and 66% of ...
It's too early to see if North College Hill City School District's newly implemented four-day school week is best for kids' academic success, Superintendent Eugene Blalock Jr. said. But just a few ...
In schools, most students and teachers are getting Friday or Monday off while having slightly longer school days the rest of the week to make up for the missing day. “The number of school ...
Twenty-five states have at least one district on a four-day calendar, including Kansas, Oklahoma and Colorado, where 20% of schools have shortened their school week.
The vast majority of the nation’s nearly 100,000 public schools are still on a schedule of Monday through Friday. In fact, more than half of states set a minimum number of school days, which ...
Earlier this week, Independence became the largest school district in Missouri — and the first one in the Kansas City area — to adopt a four-day school week.
School board members under current state law can decide whether a district shifts to a four-day week. The legislation would not affect smaller districts in more rural parts of the state.