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The idea of a four-day workweek is catching attention. Young workers in particular see it as the wave of the future, while others worry it will undermine America prosperity. Economists have pondered the viability of a four-day workweek since research by Janice Hedges in 1971. Recently, though, a magical idea has come to the fore: Let employees work one fewer day per week at the same hours per day and same pay, and they will accomplish just as much as in a standard five-day workweek. All the fuss prompted us to ask several hundred American business executives and several thousand...

Parents tackled a tough issue at a community forum Jan. 22: the possibility of adjusting their routine. The Beaverton (OR) School District’s three schedule change proposals could mean a drastic change or slight adjustment for families with children if one of the ideas were implemented. A change to the district’s schedule won’t happen for at least a year, if not two. Parents who attended the forum, meant to garner feedback about three proposals that could change the district’s school year schedule, held drastically opposing views. A 10-month school year makes shorter summer vacations, lessening the gap between school years during...