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PLANET MONEY
The rise of the four-day school week
*or so ~쯤[정도], 가량
Every school year we’d lose about 50 or so teachers.
That was really a problem to be losing that many.
*superintendent 교육감
We had really nothing to offer our staff except low pay.
*retention 보유, 유지, 잔류
Gregg and the school board decided to try a couple different things to try to solve their teacher retention problem.
*turnout 참가자수, 투표자수
Voter turnout is so low.
One thing we value here is low taxes.
They kind of stuck to their values on that one.
It is what it is.
*bargaining chip 협상 카드
Time became our bargaining chip instead of money.
Time instead of money – to try to retain teachers, the district decided to let teachers work less. They decided to cut out an entire day of school every week.
*wind up 마무리 짓다, 처하게 되다
How you can reject a tax increase but still wind up paying.
They also were having a problem retaining teachers.
There is this growing trend right now of school districts moving to four-day school weeks.
She gets dropped off at a church.
I guess you could say that.
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.
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The rise of the four-day school week
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 w
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