Grade 8 Position Paper: School schedules

This links to a list of articles about four day school weeks. Not everything will be relevant to your position, so read summaries carefully.

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This links to a list of articles about a yearlong school calendar. Not everything will be relevant to your position, so read summaries carefully.

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This link should take you to a list of articles about four-day school schedules. If it does not, enter "four-day schedules" in the search field.

Note that not all articles in the results will cover your position, so read the summaries carefully.

This link should take you to a list of articles about year long school calendars.

Note that not all articles in the results will cover your position, so read the summaries carefully.

This link should take you to a page of results for the search term "four day school week."

There seem to be more articles about moving the start of the school later in the day, but if you read the summaries you will find some that are about four day school weeks.

This link should take you to a page of results for the search term "year round school calendar."

Read the summaries carefully as not all articles will fit with your position. The viewpoints and the news sections seem to have the most pro and con articles.

Article that explains how a year round calendar can help low income students.

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This article, from the National Education Association, presents two ways that year round calendars can be organized. It also lists advantages and disadvantages, and provides a list of articles for further reading.

This page has 2 articles on four day weeks. Both present both sides of the question.

Overview of the four day school week in the US. Includes a map showing the states that currently have four day school weeks, plus a list of pros and cons.

Article from MIT about the impact of the four day school week on student performance.