A rising number of districts are shortening their school weeks to attract and keep teachers. But a new study suggests four-day schedules might become a victim of their own popularity. Andrew Camp, a ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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As a small rural district with a small budget, Woodson Independent School District struggled to compete for teachers with its larger urban peers in North Texas. “Better the teacher, the better the ...
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