Does a four-day school week benefit students?

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Does a four-day school week benefit students?

Findings from a systematic review of 11 studies on student outcomes show little evidence of positive outcomes from a four-day school week.

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Interactive research dashboard
Learn more about the studies included in this review, as well as a comprehensive collection of all empirical research that has been done on the four-day school week using our interactive dashboard.
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Four-day school week scoping review 
Our original scoping review on the four-day school week aimed to identify all empirical studies on the four-day school week in the US and explore the types of research evidence in the literature.