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The Opinions Of Superintendents In Small Iowa School Districts Toward The Four-Day School Week, Sharon Kay Kersenbrock
The Opinions Of Superintendents In Small Iowa School Districts Toward The Four-Day School Week, Sharon Kay Kersenbrock
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The purpose of this study was to review the four-day school week experiment as it had been employed in a number of schools outside the state of Iowa and to survey the superintendents in small Iowa school districts to determine their attitudes toward the four-day alternative schedule. The opinionnaire used in this study was designed to include the areas reviewed in the related literature. The review of the related literature revealed the first four-day experiment began in Unity, Maine in 1971. Basically the four-day school week was structured to include as much instructional time as the traditional five-day week. The …