The four-day school week has been studied far more rigorously in the past five years than ever before. Below is a curated collection of peer-reviewed research, prioritizing studies published since 2021, organized by topic. Working papers and major reports are listed separately and clearly labeled. The short version: the four-day week’s effects depend less on the calendar itself than on how much instructional time a district keeps.
Videos of sessions from the October 2023 national conference, covering academic and non-academic impacts. Sessions feature researchers Paul Thompson (Oregon State), Rebecca Kilburn (University of New Mexico), Emily Tomayko (Montana State), Emily Morton (American Institutes for Research), and Jon Turner (Missouri State University), plus numerous superintendent panels.
Watch the conference sessions →Associate Professor of Educational Leadership · Missouri State University, Springfield MO