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PBS NewsHour: What This School District Learned from a Four-Day Week

A growing number of school districts have been downsizing the school week from five days to four. In this installment of the PBS weekly education series, Making the Grade, CRPE research analyst Georgia Heyward talks with special correspondent Kavitha Cardoza about her research on the financial effects and student outcomes for schools operating on a four-day week. Watch it here or read the transcript.

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