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15 lip 2024 · Researchers found that students who went to school four days a week, as a whole, made smaller gains in reading during the academic year than students who went five days a week. They also earned lower scores in reading on the spring assessment, on average.
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7 paź 2021 · More than 1,600 districts have 4-day weeks. While students report more time for sleep and hobbies, academics lag, according to a new study.
6 kwi 2023 · A better approach to improving outcomes for both students and teachers would be to address the root cause of the challenges schools and districts face. More generally, the four-day school week is being used to sidestep deeper underlying issues that are enduring, complicated, and difficult to fix.
24 paź 2024 · Over the fourteen-year period studied (2009–10 to 2022–23), more than 500 of the 2,000-plus public schools in the sample adopted a four-day week, increasing the share of students on this schedule from just under 3 percent to over 12 percent. Overall, they found that four-day school weeks increased the share of teachers with a shortage ...
18 sty 2024 · Two-thirds of teachers, principals, and school district leaders would be more likely to accept a job offer from a school district with a four-day week, according to a recent EdWeek Research...
8 sty 2024 · The four-day school week (4DSW) is rapidly gaining traction across the United States as districts scramble to recruit and retain teachers. Once a predominant feature of rural districts, the most recent figures shows the 4DSW model is in 850 school districts across 24 states in the United States.
1 mar 2024 · While gaining in popularity to address sagging teacher recruitment and retention, what’s the real impact of a shortened week on students and their learning?