4-day school weeks are gaining steam, but students are suffering

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What they’re saying: “What the research generally shows is that this is a net negative for student achievement, mostly in scho0ls that see a big drop in instructional time as a result,” Thompson says.

Zoom out: The 4-day school week “unambiguously hurts student achievement over time,” Christopher Doss, a RAND policy researcher, tells Axios.