INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — It's a Monday in September, but with schools closed, the three children in the Pruente household have nowhere to be. Callahan, 13, contorts herself into a backbend as 7 ...

One metro school district is considering a major change. The Saydel School District is discussing switching to a four-day ...

After a failure to pass the RPS’ “technology referendum,” now is an appropriate time for the district to seriously consider passing some costs back to families one day per week. Many voters ...

There are schools across the country that are dropping a day of school every week. Seven percent of school districts in the U.S. are now just four days long. In Missouri, it's 30% of districts.

There is also a program being offered by Missouri State University called "Pathways for Paras". Through this program, school ...

"You’re going to earn that extra day off. That's pretty much the vow that we all took, we're not going to show up here and ...

Roughly 900 school districts across 26 states are testing out a four-day week, with a spike in shortened school weeks being seen in some of the country's larger districts. Dr. Dale Herl ...

Police were called to the 300 block of Adele Street Thursday at around 4 p.m. They found two teens with gunshot wounds inside a stolen black sedan.

In an effort to improve employee recruitment and retention, Winter Park may join a growing number of public and private employers in shortening its work week. City officials have been studying the ...