Colorado Sun reporters spent several weeks exploring the reasons so many school districts in the state have switched to a four-day week, and its effect on students, teachers and families. We wrote three stories examining the situation: Colorado now has more school districts on four-day weeks than any place in the nation — with little […]
Four-Day School Week in Colorado
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Colorado made kindergarten a priority. But when it comes to four-day school weeks, lawmakers don’t see a problem.
Back when he was a school teacher on the Eastern Plains, Frank Reeves was no fan of four-day school weeks. “I fought it and fought it,” Reeves said. But now that he’s the superintendent of the East Grand School District in Granby, Reeves said, “I just don’t see a difference” academically. There’s no question something […]
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In mostly rural Colorado, the four-day school week has taken hold. But what do communities do with “Fifth Day”?
PEYTON — Everything ties into everything in education, Tim Kistler likes to say, and the superintendent of the rural Peyton School District 23JT offers a case-in-point as he makes his way into a spacious, generously outfitted wood shop hung with banners for its industrial sponsors early on a Thursday morning. This woodworking class, where students […]
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Colorado now has more school districts on four-day weeks than any place in the nation — with little research on the benefits
LA JARA — Down here, where kids ride the bus for an hour through miles of potato and alfalfa fields to get to school, teachers use the term “null curriculum.” It means any part of a class that’s considered fluff. And it’s not allowed. Since the North Conejos School District switched to a four-day week […]