📚 Education Jun 9, 2026 · Anna J. Egalite

The Quiet Erosion of the Five-Day School Week

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The Quiet Erosion of the Five-Day School Week
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The policy debate over time in school has focused on the four-day school week. It is an arrangement formally adopted in approximately 850 districts, where schools operate for four slightly longer days per week instead of the traditional five, providing regular three-day weekends to students and teachers.
When a district makes the decision to shutter its school doors every Friday or Monday, everyone recognizes that a consequential choice has been made. Researchers study its effects. Parents debat

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