On Feb. 11, the River Valley Community School District’s school board unanimously approved a 4-day school week for the ...

Campaigners have written to the government calling for a pilot of a four-day working week at schools in England and Wales, which they claim will benefit both teachers and students. In a letter to ...

The Independence School District is the latest in Missouri to consider going to a four-day school week in response to a nationwide teacher shortage. We think it’s a terrible idea for teachers, ...

Students returned to Nowlin Middle School in Independence for the first day of school in 2022, amid a metro-wide teacher shortage. The following year, the Independence School District adopted a ...

Truman High School teacher Shelley Lauber addresses the Independence School Board in 2022 ahead of their vote on a four-day school week. A new Missouri law requires certain school districts to get ...

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 ...

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - A new trend is spreading across the nation, a four-day school week. Data from the National Council of State Legislatures said more than 800 school districts across the ...

As voters across the Kansas City metro prepare to cast their ballots on Tuesday, many polling places will be hosted within schools. But Independence voters already have education on their minds. The ...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (KCTV) - In December 2022, the Independence school board voted for the school district to move to a four-day school week. On Tuesday, Independence voters affirmed that schedule.

As the Jefferson Joint School District #251 consider solutions to combat the low Friday attendance in their current model, administration and Board Trustees are investigating whether or not to switch ...

Shortened school weeks are here to stay in Independence - for now. Independence residents voted Tuesday night in favor of the four-day bell schedule implemented by the district in 2023, which is ...