Interest in a four-day school week is growing in many states, data shows

There are 2,100 schools across 26 states that operated on a four-day week last year. That is up from 650 in 2020 and 850 in 2023, according to data from the Foundation for Excellence in Education ...
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States Start to Crack Down on 4-Day School Weeks

As interest in four-day school weeks grows, more states are enacting laws or considering other measures that limit when ...
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4-day school weeks are growing in popularity, despite a lack of data on the effects

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Students arrive for the first day of school at a Minnesota elementary school. Four-day school weeks are gaining in popularity, ...
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The 4-Day School Week: What Research Shows About the Alternative Schedule

A growing number of school districts have turned to abbreviated weeks over the past two decades, sometimes in a bid to save money, other times to give themselves the upper hand in recruiting teachers, ...