Missouri State Univ. Educational Leadership Program

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New study from Drs. Jon Turner and Ximena Uribe-Zarain. Most 4 day school week districts are rural. One Missouri school district on the shortened school week has 14,000+ students. This school district adopted 4DSW and experienced 360% increase in applications. Did they come from rural schools? New study
from Missouri State will tell you. https://primecenter.org/education-reports-database/4dsw-case-study

An interesting take on why the national trend of the four-day school week hasn't reached California.

Four-day school week gaining popularity nationally. Why isn’t it happening in California? Four-days school weeks are growing in popularity nationally. The schedule offers greater flexibility for families and teachers, but studies show it also can result in lower student test scores.

Special education is the highest in demand teaching field in ALL states----Hawaii may have found a path to keep and attract new special education teachers.

Schools are struggling to hire special education teachers. Hawaii may have found a fix In Hawaii, hiring qualified special education teachers became a lot easier after schools started offering a $10,000 pay bump.

How Instructional Coaches Can Use Co-Teaching to Support Teachers. Co-teaching can be effective at accelerating teacher skill-building.

How Instructional Coaches Can Use Co-Teaching to Support Teachers A matrix based on a teacher’s belief in themselves and their belief in students can facilitate effective instructional coaching.