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Shorter school week? Not so fast

By Grant Addison
Published August 11, 2023 6:34pm ET
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Shorter school week? Not so fast
Faced with the prospect of increasing teacher shortages and ever-present costs, hundreds of public school districts across the country have begun to utilize a radical new education strategy: moving to a four-day school week. As CBS News reports: “900 school districts in the United States currently use a four-day weekly academic schedule. That number rose […]


Faced with the prospect of increasing teacher shortages and ever-present costs, hundreds of public school districts across the country have begun to utilize a radical new education strategy: moving to a four-day school week.

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