[Opinion] Our opinion: Don't make it harder for North Dakota's rural districts to educate their children

Our opinion: Don't make it harder for North Dakota's rural districts to educate their children

In 2018, a superintendent from western North Dakota touted her school district’s new four-day week. Teachers were less stressed with more “normal working hours” and had more time to prepare. Some students’ grades were improving. Expenses were down. And “teachers collectively feel that they have become better teachers,” Alexander School District Superintendent Leslie Bieber told the Minot News at the time. By the 2025-26 school year, 15 schools i…