Education Week

The 4-Day School Week: What Research Shows About the Alternative Schedule

A 2023 report examined one of the first metropolitan districts in the nation to adopt a four-day school week, the Brighton district outside of Denver. It concluded that larger districts that make the ...
The Spokesman-Review

4-day school weeks are growing in popularity, despite a lack of data on the effects

Northeast of the capital city of Des Moines in central Iowa, the 400-student Collins-Maxwell Community School District is one of many across the state shifting to a four-day school week. Like many ...
Action News Now

Elk Creek school goes to 4-day week, 1st in California

The district will also offer an optional 5th day dedicated to enrichment, support and student engagement. The historic ...
Education Week

Do 4-Day School Weeks Attract and Retain Better Teachers? What the Largest Study Yet Says

For education leaders, particularly in hard-to-staff rural districts, shortening the school week has become a key selling point for staffing. But new research suggests that four-day schedules may do ...
Governing

4-Day School Weeks On the Rise Despite Lack of Data on the Effects

Northeast of the capital city of Des Moines in central Iowa, the 400-student Collins-Maxwell Community School District is one of many across the state shifting to a four-day school week. Like many ...