Texas Wants to Know: How many more school districts will move to a 4-day week?

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Students across Texas are either already back in school or will be in the next couple of weeks. And this year, more than ever will be attending class just four days per week.

, said districts that have already made the change haven't noticed a significant difference in learning.

"There was no decline in learning. There was no increase in learning. It was kind of a wash," he said."And so if it's a wash, and there are other benefits for it, then why not do it?"Kingsville ISD"You don't change just to change. There has to be a reason. And coming back from COVID, the world is a different place,"said."Our students are different learners.

Most of the districts that have made the switch to a four-day school week are located in smaller towns. There's a cluster of them in the Texas panhandle that cover large, rural areas, a group west of Dallas-Fort Worth that includes

 

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