A growing number of school districts have turned to abbreviated weeks over the past two decades, sometimes in a bid to save ...

When 5th grade math teacher Courtney White tells people that her school operates on a four-day week schedule, they tend to respond with shock: "Wait, do you work in Narnia?" No, her school doesn't ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Students returned to Nowlin Middle School in Independence for the first day of school in 2022, amid a metro-wide teacher shortage.

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 ...

Eighth-grade teacher Caleb Pitts greets his students on the first day of school at Nowlin Middle School in Independence in 2022, the last year before the district switched to a four-day week. Emily ...

The founder’s LinkedIn post highlights the difficult transition from a "success-at-all-costs" mentality to a workspace ...