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 ...
EdSource

What research says about 4-day school weeks

An increasing number of school districts are adopting a shortened school week, dropping either Monday or Friday, according to Education Week. As of the 2024-25 academic year, more than 2,100 schools ...
Iowa Public Radio

Pass or fail? Midwest families and districts are learning from the 4-day school week

Math teacher Andrew Skinner greets students the week before classes resume at Martensdale-St. Marys in August 2025. Like many Iowa school districts that follow a four-day school week, Martensdale-St.
WXIX-TV

School district to switch to 4-day week

CORRECTIONVILLE, Iowa (KTIV/Gray News) - A school district in Iowa will transition to a 4-day school week starting next school year. On Feb. 11, the River Valley Community School District’s school ...
KCUR 89.3 FM

Independence can keep its 4-day school week after voters approve shorter schedule

In an effort to recruit and retain more teachers, the Independence School District transitioned to a four-day school week two years ago. Independence adopted the shorter school week two years ago to ...
WKOW

Public Schools Week celebrates educators and school staff across the state

MADISON (WKOW) -- Public Schools Week is being celebrated Feb. 23-27 across Wisconsin, recognizing the role public schools have, including educators, administrators and school staff, the Department of ...