More Schools Are Adopting a 4-Day Week; One Montana Town Tried to Fight It

More schools are adopting a 4-day week; one Montana town tried to fight it

Rural districts consider 4-day school weeks a way to lure teachers, but research shows they might not work for student learning.

More schools are adopting a 4-day school week. One Montana town tried to fight it.

After years of putting it off, the Florence-Carlton school district in Ravalli County had to decide: Would it join the many smaller districts in the state with a four-day school week, or stick with a five-day schedule? This story also appeared in The Hechinger Report Until recently, some local education leaders thought the four-day week was a poor fit for the town of Florence. Staffing problems, including having to cut nin…

A multi-state, student-level analysis of the effects of the four-day school week on student achievement and growth

Four-day school weeks are becoming increasingly common in the U.S., but prior research is ambiguous regarding their impacts on achievement. Using a di…

In a local referendum, the people of Longueville chose to keep the 4.5-day week in primary school.