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Inside the Four‑Day School Week: Savings, Stress, and Student Impact

Inside the Four‑Day School Week: Savings, Stress, and Student Impact

Update: 2025-10-14
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What happens when school loses a day but keeps the promise of learning? We dive into the four‑day school week sweeping districts across the U.S and unpack the real forces behind it and talk about the very human ripple effects felt at home and in classrooms.

From the teacher’s vantage point, a shorter week can be a lifeline: space to breathe, plan, and reset without the daily rush. On the student side, there's more time and family side, for SAT prep, jobs, sports, and sleep. From the perspective, parents can feel the scramble for childcare, absorb an extra day of meals without school breakfast and lunch, and juggle work schedules that don’t bend around a new calendar.

Dr. Tiffany explore the research, share parent stories and talk about equity head‑on. If your district is considering a shift, Dr. Tiffany shares the exact questions for parents, teachers and school leaders to ask the "powers that be". Would a four‑day school week be a solution or a setback in your community? 

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Inside the Four‑Day School Week: Savings, Stress, and Student Impact

Inside the Four‑Day School Week: Savings, Stress, and Student Impact

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