The Texas Tribune

Four-day school weeks are on the rise as Texas districts look for teacher perks on a tight budget

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Iowa Public Radio

Pass or fail? Midwest families and districts are learning from the 4-day school week

Math teacher Andrew Skinner greets students the week before classes resume at Martensdale-St. Marys in August 2025. Like many Iowa school districts that follow a four-day school week, Martensdale-St.
The Spokesman-Review

4-day school weeks are growing in popularity, despite a lack of data on the effects

Northeast of the capital city of Des Moines in central Iowa, the 400-student Collins-Maxwell Community School District is one of many across the state shifting to a four-day school week. Like many ...
KSAT

Four-day school weeks are on the rise as Texas districts look for teacher perks on a tight budget

Casey Adams, superintendent of the Woodson Independent School District, poses for a portrait at the Woodson ISD library on July 28, 2025. The district adopted a four-day school week model in 2019.