Right now, a lot of school districts across the country are making a pretty giant change to the way public education usually works. Facing teacher shortages and struggling to fill vacant spots, they are finding a new recruitment tool: the four-day school week.
Those districts are saying to teachers, "You can have three-day weekends all the time, and we won't cut your pay." As of this fall, around 900 school districts – that's about 7% of all districts in the U.S. – now have school weeks that are just four days long.
And this isn't the first time a bunch of schools have scaled back to four days, so there is a lot of data to lean on to figure out how well it works. In this episode, teachers love the four-day school week, and it turns out even parents love it, too. But is it good for students?
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Ologies with Alie Ward - Teratology (MONSTERS) with W. Scott Poole
Frankenstein’s Monster! Hungry ghosts! Moaning bloodsuckers! Goat draining goblins. Babadooks. Gorilla-whales. Slasher films. Body horror… and what these folk stories, films, and fandoms have to do about our hopes and fears. Also yes, you can watch monster movies as a job. Just ask the wonderfully charming and deeply informed Dr. W. Scott Poole, College of Charleston professor and author of “Monsters in America,” who teaches multiple courses on history and monster lore. We also cover: monsters on various continents, monsters as queer icons, horror vs. monsters, secret messages in monster movies, the edits that your government may not have wanted you to see, what to do if you suspect you have one under the bed, Hollywood production secrets, special effects makeup, and — as always — why we’re so horny for ghouls.
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CBS News Roundup - 10/25/2023 | World News Round Up Late Edition
New Speaker of the House. Israel launches more airstrikes. Judge clamps down on former President Trump. CBS News Correspondent Jennifer Keiper with tonight's World News Roundup.
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The Intelligence from The Economist - Introducing The Weekend Intelligence
The Weekend Intelligence is a new podcast from the award-winning team at The Economist. It’s a space for our reporters and writers to take a break from the news cycle, to tell the stories that mean the most to them, and to broaden all of our horizons.
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State of the World from NPR - Israel vowed to invade Gaza. Why hasn’t it happened yet?
It has been weeks since Israel said it would invade Gaza to eradicate Hamas, following the attacks on Israel launched by that group October 7th. The U.S. may be among those trying to delay the invasion. We hear from NPR reporters about what the concerns could be. And a conversation with someone trying to get aid into Gaza from the only point where a small number of trucks have been allowed through. Sign up for State of the World+ to listen sponsor-free and support the work of NPR journalists. Visit plus.npr.org.
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The Daily Signal - Mike Johnson New House Speaker, Israel Delays Ground Invasion, Lew Nomination Advances
TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:
- Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., is elected House speaker.
- Israel reportedly delays its ground invasion of Gaza at the United States' request
- A committee votes to move forward the nomination of Jack Lew, President Biden's pick for ambassador to Israel.
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The Gist - What Makes Protests Fail
Vincent Bevins has covered Brazil for the Los Angeles Times, and Southeast Asia for the Washington Post, and during his tenure he's covered many protest movements. In his new book, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and the Missing Revolution, Bevins weaves together the various movements and examines their lessons. He'll discuss what works, what doesn't, and if the protesters realize this themselves. And it's pits for a peach company. Plus, a Speaker!
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Federalist Radio Hour - Meet Jenn Nizza, ‘From Psychic To Saved’
On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Jennifer Nizza, author and host of the "Ex-Psychic Saved" podcast, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to share her journey from a professional psychic medium touting new age practices to a born-again Christian spreading the truth.
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - Bats! Bats! Bats!
Halloween is just around the corner and do you know what winged animal might be waiting there, too? Bats!
There are swarms of bats making their ways through Chicago as they migrate to warmer places to get away from the cold.
Reset talks with Liza Lehrer, assistant director of the Urban Wildlife Institute at Lincoln Park Zoo, to learn about our bat friends.
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Motley Fool Money - One of these Clouds Is Not Like the Other
Alphabet shed $100 billion in market value as it ceded some ground in the cloud competition.
(00:21) Ricky Mulvey and Nick Sciple discuss: - Microsoft’s quarter and focus on Copilot. - If Bing can become more of a competitor to Google search. - Alphabet’s investments in self-driving technology. - The anti-trust suit hanging over Alphabet.
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Companies discussed: MSFT, GOOG, GOOGL, WMT, UL, DANOY, SSU
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