Idaho Public Radio - District 91心頭istration District 91心頭istration Media Wed, 27 Aug 2025 13:42:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Pass or fail? Midwest families and districts are learning from the 4-day school week /pass-or-fail-midwest-families-and-districts-are-learning-from-the-4-day-school-week/ Wed, 27 Aug 2025 13:42:21 +0000 /?p=177271 More Iowa districts are switching to a four-day school week, reporting better student behavior and performance. Critics warn of academic setbacks and challenges for low-income families.

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]]> Before his Iowa school district switched to a four-day week, Jayce Moody often wandered away from his kindergarten and first-grade classrooms. Sometimes, he threw things. He was overwhelmed and overstimulated, his mother said.

It was a huge struggle for him. I mean, we were getting phone calls at 1 oclock in the afternoon every day saying, Hey, hes just not … We cant do this. I was like, OK, well come pick him up. No problem, said Madison Wolfe, who lives in Des Moines.

After the schedule switch to one fewer day a week, Jayce, now age 8, did a 180 in terms of his behavior, his mother said. He rarely fled his second-grade classroom last year.

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