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Tag: Reduced School Week

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More U.S. Schools Moving to 4-Day Week

In this era of shrinking budgets, an increasing number of American public schools are closing their doors on Fridays. Besides stripping American children of one-fifth of their time available to learn, the shift is forcing working parents to seek expensive childcare while school employees see their pay reduced—or their jobs eliminated. (more)